Just Don’t Do It, Sen. Bernie Sanders Urges Obama on Nike Trip

by Gary Kopycinski on May 7, 2015

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WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015 – Citing Nike’s low wages for foreign workers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) yesterday asked President Obama to cancel a planned meeting on Friday with executives of the athletic shoe maker at its headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon.