2020-05-04 16:22:37

As Workers Get Sick & Die from COVID-19, McConnell Demands Corporate Immunity in New Stimulus Bill

As the United States Senate reconvenes today, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is demanding that Congress use the next stimulus bill to protect corporations from liability for workers. Mitch McConnell wants to put profits over people.

“He wants to protect their right to engage in egregious misconduct,” says Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen.

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