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Checked by PolitiFact9 Dec 2022United States
Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator, I-Vt.

“In the first three quarters of 2022, “the railroad industry made $21 billion in profits, provided $25 billion in stock buybacks and dividends” and CEOs are paid up to $20 million a year, while railroad workers have "zero guaranteed sick leave.”

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PolitiFact says: In the first nine months of 2022, the nation’s seven major railroad companies earned $21 billion in profits. The vast majority of the seven major railroads’ employees don’t have paid sick days.