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Bernie Sanders invites Amazon, Walmart CEOs to town hall with workers
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday invited the CEOs of four major American companies to participate in a town hall event with their employees in Washington D.C. next month.
"I really hope (the CEOs) have the guts to sit on a panel with their own employees and explain why it's acceptable that they receive huge compensation packages while their very own workers are struggling to put food on the table," Sanders told CNN. "I hope they have the courage to do so. The invitation is sincere."
The Vermont senator sent invitations to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook and Disney’s CEO Bob Iger.
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Sanders’s livestreamed town hall is scheduled to take place on July 16 and will be presented in partnership with news outlets and progressive groups including NowThis, The Young Turks, The Guardian, The Nation magazine and MoveOn.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/394584-sanders-invites-amazon-walmart-ceos-to-town-hall-with-their
