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InfluenceWatch Podcast #83: Sanders Forced to Pay $15 Minimum Wage

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by CRC Staff
August 2, 2019

In this episode: Corruption sends a Chicago Teamsters boss to federal prison, radical Chicago union activists go on a propaganda tour of socialist Venezuela, and Senator Bernie Sanders discovers the perils of his preferred labor policies.

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  • Chicago Tribune: Politically connected ex-Teamsters boss pleads guilty to extorting Chicago film studio, agrees to cooperate
  • Chicago Sun-Times: EDITORIAL: A crook admits guilt, but this Chicago movie is only half over
  • Chicago Sun-Times: ‘We’ll shut it down tomorrow’: Strong-arm tactics revealed as ex-Chicago Teamsters boss pleads guilty
  • Influence Watch: International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  • Wirepoints: Viva Maduro! The Chicago Teachers Union’s Solidarity Trip To Venezuela
  • Chicago City Wire: Chicago Teachers Union president Sharkey in hot water as some of his “useful idiots” visit and embrace impoverished, socialist Venezuela
  • Jacobin: Chicago Teacher Militancy Is Up for Reelection
  • FightBack News: Chicago Teachers show solidarity in Venezuela
  • Washington Post: Labor fight roils Bernie Sanders campaign, as workers demand the $15 hourly pay the candidate has proposed for employees nationwide
  • Des Moines Register: Bernie Sanders defends staff compensation after complaints his campaign isn’t paying $15 an hour
  • Washington Examiner: Bernie’s campaign union strife is what he proposes for the whole country

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