During a visit to a GM plant in Detroit, Bernie Sanders condemned the automaker and other large corporations for their business practices, specifically calling out executive compensation and attempted cuts to health care plans.
and other large corporations for greedy business practices, specifically calling out lucrative executive pay packages while cutting health care benefits for rank-and-file employees.
Standing across the street from a large inflatable cat with a cigar in its month and signs that read "Shame on General Motors" and "Shame on million dollar $$ Mary $$," referencing GM CEO"I am here today to thank you for having the courage to stand up to corporate greed," he said.
GM in fact has distributed record profit-sharing checks to UAW members in recent years and members retain a golden health-care plan that has workers paying only 3% of their out-of-pocket costs. That compares with 28% for the average U.S. worker, according to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Regarding the length on the strike – now the longest national strike against GM since 1970 – Stuglin said the union's 48,000 members with GM are ready to remain on the picket lines for as long as it takes for a fair deal.
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