Bernie Sanders is largely correct: Major railroad companies earned billions in profits, spent billions on stock buybacks and dividends, and the vast majority of their workers don’t have paid sick days.
Jessica Kahanek, a spokesperson for the Association of American Railroads, said the association does not comment on rail companies’ financial results. She did not dispute the detailed figures that PolitiFact provided her.
"You cannot describe the industry as all the same," Little said, because it includes 600 short lines and regional railroads, too. But"the large companies look after their shareholders rather than employee and customer stakeholders."As of March 2022, 86% of all full-time private sector workers in the U.S.
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