Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Samders doesn't pay his organizers the min wage of $15.00. HYPOCRITE !!! [View all]thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)Even an extra 5 hours a week,. i.e. an hour a day, is significant in a day with maybe 16 waking hours. And certainly 10 hours a week (2 hours a day) is quite a lot, i.e. for people who may be regularly working 52/53. But really, I'm not denying the 60 hour figure, I'm just saying we don't really know how many people are working it, and how often. Though it's clearly enough to be an issue. I mean, even if "only" half the people are regularly working that much in a given week, that still doesn't give Sanders a viable defense. Saying "hey, the press over-states it, only half my staff are being treated badly" isn't a stellar position either. And the fact that they are still being paid a decent living wage is also difficult from a PR perspective, because it's an explanation that will sound complicated and defensive. So yeah, the best move is probably to just try to minimize the overtime.
I do wonder if the other candidates who support the $15 min wage are doing any better for their staff. Have any other candidates made public the minimum salary or hourly wage they pay their field staff? In a bit of irony, the staff of a candidate who does not support the $15 wage might not be subjected to the criticism, even though his/her staff may envy what the Sanders staff makes. Though now that I think about it, do any candidates not support the $15 minimum wage?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden