Today I’m introducing a plan that would ensure workers share in the profits they create.
For every $1 million passed on to shareholders in the form of stock buybacks or increased dividends, corporations will have to pass on $1 to every worker. I’m calling it a #WorkerDividend.
Work for a large company and want to know how much money your employer could owe you under this plan? Head over to my website: brown.senate.gov and use the Worker Dividend calculator to find out. #WorkerDividend
Wall Street is obsessed with shareholder equity, but workers have equity in a company, too — it’s called sweat equity, and it’s time workers are rewarded for it. Read more and calculate your #WorkerDividend: brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
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Cleveland's own Garrett Morgan, a prolific African-American inventor.
Most known for inventing the gas mask and traffic signal, and his heroic role in saving the lives of workers trapped underground.
In 1916, Cleveland workers drilling a tunnel under Lake Erie became trapped in toxic fumes following a huge gas explosion.
After two previous failed rescue attempts, Mr. Morgan and his brother stepped in, using his gas masks to rescue two workers and recover four bodies.
Despite his heroism, it took years for the city to recognize his crucial role in the rescue.
Even when orders for his life-saving smoke hoods came pouring in from fire departments across the country, many canceled their purchases when they realized the inventor was a Black man.
Over the next two weekends, we will discuss the four pillars of Black women's health: community health, physical health, mental health, and economic health.
President Trump called Senator John McCain, an American war hero, a "loser".
He said, "I like people who weren't captured.
President Trump attacked a Gold Star family, whose son Humayan paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country - with anti-Muslim bigotry. nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/…