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hobbit709

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5. What are the odds? And even $14/hr is barely a living wage most places.

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #4)

Thu May 28, 2015, 01:09 PM

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L.A. labor leaders seek minimum wage exemption for firms with union workers. Thoughts? [View all] stevenleser May 2015 OP

Boo hiss tularetom May 2015 #1

Makes sense HassleCat May 2015 #2

That's what I'm hoping this is about. Wilms May 2015 #11

^^^THIS^^^ Omaha Steve May 2015 #24

Bad idea. hobbit709 May 2015 #3

What if they negotiated a $14/hr salary with a Cadillac health care plan that had no copays? stevenleser May 2015 #4

What are the odds? And even $14/hr is barely a living wage most places. hobbit709 May 2015 #5

I believe Unions with Cadillac health care plans were oft talked about in ACA as an exemption stevenleser May 2015 #6

If that $40 a week is the difference between paying the rent or not. hobbit709 May 2015 #8

It's not $40 a week... it's $40 a week plus union dues... hughee99 May 2015 #12

I'll admit I'm not familiar with a whole lot of union deals, hughee99 May 2015 #13

That's part of the negotiating that happens when Unions collectively bargain with companies stevenleser May 2015 #14

Yes, I understand this, but we're not talking about unions in general... hughee99 May 2015 #15

If minimum wage becomes $15 an hour it becomes much more likely. There must be a reason stevenleser May 2015 #16

The real world application would be that if Unions can negotiate below minimum wage deals hughee99 May 2015 #19

They could always theoretically have used that exemption. There must be something about stevenleser May 2015 #20

I think the higher the minimum wage gets, the more valuable that exemption is. hughee99 May 2015 #21

Then let them get the law changed to specify a minumum of $15/hour _including_ benefits for anyone. PoliticAverse May 2015 #32

I understand the logic behind it. peecoolyour May 2015 #7

Agreed, the optics are horrible and Unions can ill afford to give their critics this kind of easy stevenleser May 2015 #17

It could be that there is a two tier system. upaloopa May 2015 #9

The key word is "negotiate" cyberswede May 2015 #10

This could be a very clever move on the unions' part. KamaAina May 2015 #18

This was my thought. Exilednight May 2015 #22

Why join? MichMan May 2015 #23

I honestly think the LATimes is ratfucking. Starry Messenger May 2015 #25

Agreed kenfrequed May 2015 #27

They've been bbqing the teachers union down there for years. Starry Messenger May 2015 #28

How the hell do we allow this?! kenfrequed May 2015 #31

Deceptive frigging headline. kenfrequed May 2015 #26

Yet another reason health care should be separated from employment. n/t PoliticAverse May 2015 #29

hell to the Yes! kenfrequed May 2015 #30

It's the headline from the LA Times word for word and letter for letter stevenleser May 2015 #33

I know it is kenfrequed May 2015 #34

If you are trying to "negotiate" sub minimum wages then you aren't a union TheKentuckian May 2015 #35