Claim: 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."
Fact-check: Bernie Sanders' Mostly True claim about railroad companies
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2022-12-08T00:00:00