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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallies for minimum wage hike in Nashville

Byharvestdempac

Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Alexander Willis – June 3, 2023

📷: U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, speaking at Nashville’s Fisk University on Friday, May 2, 2023. (Photo: John Partipilo)

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont and state Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville held a rally at Nashville’s Fisk University pushing for Tennessee’s minimum wage to be increased to $17 an hour.

“We default to $7.25, and we say you cannot survive off of $7.25,” Jones shouted to a packed crowd in the school’s gymnasium. “We are fired up, we are fed up, and we’re not going to take it anymore!”

The rally comes hot on the heels of Jones’ recent expulsion and subsequent reinstatement as a member of the Tennessee House, with lawmakers voting 72-25 in April to expel Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis over their roles in a nonviolent protest against gun violence in the Capitol. 

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