2aguy
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Yep...the democrats want to force businesses to pay 15 dollars and hour.....a real job killer, so of course, they don't pay it themselves....
Fight for 15 champion DNC sued for not paying minimum wage - Hot Air
With a hat tip to America Rising Squared, it’s worth noting that the DNC (and Big Labor) is off to a rough start this week. There’s an embarrassing lawsuit percolating in Pennsylvania where a group of Democratic campaign workers are upset with the state party and the leadership of the national committee. The reason? They were apparently working their tails off for them during the 2016 campaign, laboring to help the party who was promising to Fight for 15 and give a “living wage” to everyone. Unfortunately, as Sam Dorman at the Free Beacon explains, those generous wages were not intended for the party’s own workers out on the streets. In fact, some of them weren’t even getting minimum wage.
Dozens of field workers have filed a class action lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee, claiming the party that is pushing employers to pay a $15 minimum wage and more in overtime failed to pay overtime and minimum wages to its own employees.
Justin Swidler, the attorney representing the field workers, argued the Democratic Party failed to pay workers a minimum wage and denied them overtime compensation. Swidler “says the lawsuit seeks ‘fair pay for fair work,’ and holding the Democratic Party to the very ideals that it embraces,” according to CBS Philly.
If you’re talking Pennsylvania Democratic Party business you can’t help but have former Governor Ed Rendell involved. He was not only instrumental in the party efforts in his own state but served as the chair of the Democratic National Convention Host Committee. While insisting that the workers bringing this lawsuit didn’t work directly for his committee, he’s quoted as saying that he warned the people they did hire well in advance that they would be receiving what he described as, “substandard pay.”
Fight for 15 champion DNC sued for not paying minimum wage - Hot Air
With a hat tip to America Rising Squared, it’s worth noting that the DNC (and Big Labor) is off to a rough start this week. There’s an embarrassing lawsuit percolating in Pennsylvania where a group of Democratic campaign workers are upset with the state party and the leadership of the national committee. The reason? They were apparently working their tails off for them during the 2016 campaign, laboring to help the party who was promising to Fight for 15 and give a “living wage” to everyone. Unfortunately, as Sam Dorman at the Free Beacon explains, those generous wages were not intended for the party’s own workers out on the streets. In fact, some of them weren’t even getting minimum wage.
Dozens of field workers have filed a class action lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee, claiming the party that is pushing employers to pay a $15 minimum wage and more in overtime failed to pay overtime and minimum wages to its own employees.
Justin Swidler, the attorney representing the field workers, argued the Democratic Party failed to pay workers a minimum wage and denied them overtime compensation. Swidler “says the lawsuit seeks ‘fair pay for fair work,’ and holding the Democratic Party to the very ideals that it embraces,” according to CBS Philly.
If you’re talking Pennsylvania Democratic Party business you can’t help but have former Governor Ed Rendell involved. He was not only instrumental in the party efforts in his own state but served as the chair of the Democratic National Convention Host Committee. While insisting that the workers bringing this lawsuit didn’t work directly for his committee, he’s quoted as saying that he warned the people they did hire well in advance that they would be receiving what he described as, “substandard pay.”
