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Bernie Sanders: “Women making 78 cents on the dollar compared to men.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Bernie Sanders Speaks at the DNC Summer Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 11:11

And that we are going to raise that minimum wage over the period of a few years to 15 bucks an hour of Women making 78 cents on the dollar compared to men. We are going to have pay equity for women workers. We are going to end the international embarrassment of being the only, only major country on earth that does not provide at least 12 weeks of pain, family and medical leave. (11:11–11:15)

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Asserts that there is a gender pay gap, with women earning 78 cents for every dollar earned by men.

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