Sanders introduced a shareholder proposal that would make the company's roughly 1.5 million hourly workers eligible for board nominations.
Sen. Bernie Sanders took his crusade against Walmart to the mammoth retailer's annual meeting Wednesday, backing a push to give workers a spot on the company board.
"Walmart can strike a blow against corporate greed and a grotesque level of income and wealth inequality that exists in our country," Sanders said in introducing the proposal.Sanders' appearance at the meeting holds obvious political benefits for the senator. He criticized Walmart's leadership while standing in the same room as its CEO Doug McMillon — and backed the working-class voters he hopes will help to propel him to the Democratic presidential nomination.
When Sanders confirmed he would attend the meeting last month, Walmart said it hoped he would "approach this visit not as a campaign stop, but as a constructive opportunity to learn about the ways we're working to provide increased economic opportunity, mobility and benefits to our associates."
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