The Labor Department Needs Bernie Sanders

 

     Joe Biden ran on the promise of rebuilding the "backbone of America," the middle class. If he is able to win control of the Senate when the races in Georgia are decided in January, he could confirm one of the best friends American workers could wish for, Bernie Sanders.

     Republicans may scream that Bernie is a "socialist," but that should be considered a compliment when one is the Secretary of Labor. American states, Florida being the latest, are working toward a $15 minimum wage, and, if anyone in a cabinet could push the necessary legislation through to achieve this nationwide, it would be a man who has almost 30 years of legislative experience and a lifetime of dedication to the people.

     That is not the only change we could see. We could stop states from infringing on the right to organize in unions and provide 9-month maternity and paternity leave, which would be considered a conservative amount of time in the dozen or so countries globally that have implemented this successfully.

      Nobody has suffered more from coronavirus than American workers, 9 million of whom are now out of jobs, and Bernie Sanders could prove the most impactful Secretary of Labor since the Great Depression if he is able to get the job.