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MichMan

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14. Do as I say not as I do apparently

Reply to MichMan (Reply #7)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:05 PM

Jun 2017

Apparently it is OK to support a higher minimum wage as long as it applies to someone else. Yet you will pay your own interns nothing, zero, nada, zilch.

Really hypocritical to beat up business for not paying workers a living wage out of one side of your mouth, while not even paying your own workers any wages at all. Greedy bastards

https://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=news&id=2788

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Interesting: who and who doesn't pay their interns in Washington DC. [View all] a kennedy Jun 2017 OP

I'm guessing every office sets up an internship differently. According to the DOL, an internship has WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #1

And this is NOT to say that unpaid internships aren't problematic, or that an employer is prohibited WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #4

I did an unpaid internship in the 70's no shock there kimbutgar Jun 2017 #2

Document set to private. nt irisblue Jun 2017 #3

I had an intership.... LakeArenal Jun 2017 #5

I was an unpaid government intern for a six month program NightWatcher Jun 2017 #6

All that would have still occurred if you were paid MichMan Jun 2017 #7

They were not offering a paid internship. It was seen as an extension of a college degree program NightWatcher Jun 2017 #8

All of what you say is true, and it's also important to acknowledge that not paying people for WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #9

That still leaves it closed to many people who can't afford to not work. mythology Jun 2017 #10

Do as I say not as I do apparently MichMan Jun 2017 #14

Young Democrats believe in giving to their country. Young Republicans won't do anything pnwmom Jun 2017 #11

This is not why some are paid and some aren't. And pretending unpaid internships are a measure of WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #13

Shame on anyone who doesn't pay them. alarimer Jun 2017 #12

Totally disgusted by this MichMan Jun 2017 #15