Senator Bernie Sanders got the scoop on production at the Ben and Jerry’s factory in Saint Albans.

The Vermont independent got a tour of the facility from the founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, as well as other executives. Sanders was learning about how the company plans to invest back into the state.

Sanders also asked workers what matters to them.

Many mentioned education, environmental issues, and some brought up how the minimum wage could impact the state.



“So we talk about what is minimum wage in our state, we talk about it in our country. So where’s the state with that impact. If we’re going to raise it – what’s that going to do for me if I’m an individual farmer or a small business owner?” Tom Burrows, an employee of Ben and Jerry’s, asked the senator.



“When you got millions of people in this country who are forced to work two or three jobs, to cobble together healthcare and the income they need, that a minimum wage nationally of seven dollars and a quarter, that’s a starvation wage,” Sen. Bernie Sanders responded.

Sanders told workers he will be proposing legislation in the next few months to raise the minimum wage nationwide to $15 an hour.