Posted on 05/27/2015 7:59:16 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Labor leaders, who were among the strongest supporters of the citywide minimum wage increase approved last week by the Los Angeles City Council, are advocating last-minute changes to the law that could create an exemption for companies with unionized workforces.
The push to include an exception to the mandated wage increase for companies that let their employees collectively bargain was the latest unexpected detour as the city nears approval of its landmark legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020.
For much of the past eight months, labor activists have argued against special considerations for business owners, such as restaurateurs, who said they would have trouble complying with the mandated pay increase.
But Rusty Hicks, who heads the county Federation of Labor and helps lead the Raise the Wage coalition, said Tuesday night that companies with workers represented by unions should have leeway to negotiate a wage below that mandated by the law.
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it truly boggles the mind..truly truly!
why do minimum wage workers join an union anyway. They get nothing from it
Typical libs.
They’re basically admitting the wage increase will kill jobs.
Idiots. Reap what you sow..
Sauce for goose...
Who is paying the labor leaders to force some businesses to shut down when they can’t meet the pay demands?.
Someone is getting some huge kick backs.
Living Wage is apparently a great idea until it cuts into the cash flow heading to union coffers.
Translation: give us an exemption so we can finally tap that massive worker base called Walmart. They’ll have to agree to unions and a nation wide agreement. And the employees in other states will come rushing in when we negotiate a chain wide $12 base wage, each employee giving up fifty cents an hour to the union for dues.
Always the same target.
“But Rusty Hicks, who heads the county Federation of Labor and helps lead the Raise the Wage coalition, said Tuesday night that companies with workers represented by unions should have leeway to negotiate a wage below that mandated by the law.”
That is a truly astounding statement!
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