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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Samders doesn't pay his organizers the min wage of $15.00. HYPOCRITE !!! [View all]ehrnst
(32,640 posts)40. Have other candidates recommended that the work week be extended to six days?
According to the agreement made between Sanders campaign and the union, which began on May 2, field workers were to be paid $36,000 annually rather than by hours worked. However, on May 17, the Post states that Shakir recommended that field organizer pay be raised to $42,000 during a staff meeting. In the same meeting, he also suggested that the work-week be extended to six days a week the union's letter said.
According to the Post, the union rejected Shakir's plan, in part because of the healthcare costs that would fall to the campaign workers to pay.
This month, workers used Slack an instant messaging service utilized by many companies and organizations, including the Sanders' campaign to express distress at not being paid a "living wage."
"I am struggling financially to do my job, and in my state, we've already had 4 people quit in the past 4 weeks because of financial struggles," one worker told Shakir via the service, according to the Post.
According to the Post, the union rejected Shakir's plan, in part because of the healthcare costs that would fall to the campaign workers to pay.
This month, workers used Slack an instant messaging service utilized by many companies and organizations, including the Sanders' campaign to express distress at not being paid a "living wage."
"I am struggling financially to do my job, and in my state, we've already had 4 people quit in the past 4 weeks because of financial struggles," one worker told Shakir via the service, according to the Post.
https://www.newsweek.com/sanders-campaign-battles-staff-demanding-15-hourly-pay-which-candidate-says-should-federal-1450103
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Bernie Samders doesn't pay his organizers the min wage of $15.00. HYPOCRITE !!! [View all]
trueblue2007
Jul 2019
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Other campaigns haven't made $15 a cornerstone of their campaigns. No other campaigns...
George II
Jul 2019
#45
Somebody pls, pls, pls, tell me this is not true. They don't make $15 an hour? One of...
brush
Jul 2019
#58
I believe the $0.58 per mile is the IRS guideline for business expenses. To be honest, depending...
George II
Jul 2019
#46
Nothing directly, but four of his top seven vendors are LLCs, who aren't required...
George II
Jul 2019
#53
That was the big one last time. About $100M paid to them - Weaver worked for them....
George II
Jul 2019
#56
The point of a $15 minimum is that 40 hours should give you a livable wage. It does not...
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#16
It should not be an expectation that low-level SALARY staffers ($31K is LOW level)....
George II
Jul 2019
#48
p.s. it's $36k, plus it includes full health coverage, and vacation (n/t)
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#70
So then, why are they negotiating to get $15 an hour? If he's now saying he's going to "limit"...
George II
Jul 2019
#73
That's the kind of question that that leads to irrelevant anecdotal topic derailment. (nt)
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#80
No it doesn't. It gives real life perspective on the discussion at hand. I guess you haven't.
George II
Jul 2019
#81
I'm just discussing the facts as presented, and they don't change with personal experience.
thesquanderer
Jul 2019
#93
I gotta say, this sounds like any corp that rather than increase pay, making it comparable to other
silentEcho
Jul 2019
#123
I'm a bit surprised this wasn't a part of the original negotiation.
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#14
A couple of months ago he was boasting that his campaign was the first to unionize....
George II
Jul 2019
#50
If anything, I hope this will normalize union wages (if not union MEMBERSHIP) for Dem campaign
CTyankee
Jul 2019
#105
Putting union in place was not only about stopping the "young" and not so young men harassing
silentEcho
Jul 2019
#107
When I made my post, I was referring to Biden's summer internship volunteer pay in Philly.
Princetonian
Jul 2019
#131
One should use quotation marks when quoting others, even if one is quoting misinformation.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#134
One should read a thread before commenting. It's the intellectually obvious thing to do.
Princetonian
Jul 2019
#135
And if any of them are calling for the same standard, they are also hypocrites
Clash City Rocker
Jul 2019
#29
The annual salary BS is paying is $36,000 which, for a 40-hour work week is $17.30, not over $19....
George II
Jul 2019
#143
you say NO STORY? I say Hypocrite !!!! He won't even pay 15 bucks an hour & you support him?
trueblue2007
Jul 2019
#63
Oh dear God. Forgive him? For paying $780/week. For paying $40,000+ year. For being the only
Nanjeanne
Jul 2019
#65
Bernie could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and that poster would defend him
BannonsLiver
Jul 2019
#111
I understand Beta pays ove 50k, Biden over 48k, Warren and Bittigieg 42K and Sanders 36K.
silentEcho
Jul 2019
#108
I don't know everyone's number so I do not know that is a correct statement, but these 4 pay more.
silentEcho
Jul 2019
#113
Everything that doesn't cast Bernie in gleaming white light is a non story to you.
BannonsLiver
Jul 2019
#144
The list of "but look over there" is now so long. At this point this is...
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#19
So deflect to his supporters instead of the discussion that none of the candidates pay 15 an hour.
Autumn
Jul 2019
#20
Here. Just like you I'm commenting too! Since I'm done with your deflections about Sanders
Autumn
Jul 2019
#24
Yes. You are commenting. The nature of your comments is to deflect.
SouthernProgressive
Jul 2019
#25
Same old same old and keep a spare. Somethings never change no matter how new they are.
Autumn
Jul 2019
#27
He's DOES the one that deserves the exposure for it. I posted the news & I'm glad it is out there
trueblue2007
Jul 2019
#95
None of the others have made $15/hour a cornerstone of their campaigns, and none of the others....
George II
Jul 2019
#59
Bernie's mouthpiece, Nina Turner, needs to BE FIRED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trueblue2007
Jul 2019
#64
He was a little bit busy running around the country doing revolution to notice.
betsuni
Jul 2019
#78
If they want media attention they could always picket the Detroit debate I suppose
MichMan
Jul 2019
#91
Bureaucracy, Not Hypocrisy - Sanders Offered To Fix This Months Ago - Problem Now Solved
corbettkroehler
Jul 2019
#124