'We cannot allow corporate greed to continue to kill workers and our families,' said RepRashida.
, then-President Barack Obama"issued an executive order on Labor Day 2015 that required federal contractors to provide their employees with seven paid sick days per year."
"All the rail companies have been federal contractors going back to the 19th century, moving freight and supplies on behalf of multiple federal agencies," Dayen and Meyerson wrote."But Obama's order was limited to workers whose wages are governed under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Service Contract Act, or the Davis-Bacon Act. Rail workers fall under a different law, the Railway Labor Act...
"We're gonna bring not only the rail unions together, but workers all over this country to demand the justice that is long overdue," the Vermont senator added.
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