Posted on 12/05/2018 3:42:37 AM PST by Libloather
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The data helped spur action in certain corners of Congress, but progress was halting and ad hoc — some offices offered need-based stipends, others imposed restrictions on intern pay or simply refused to budge on the issue. And, Vera says, “Senator Schumer’s office was one that we had reached out to to work with. They were not on board with paying their interns.” He characterizes the office’s response as: “‘We’re just not going to do it — we’re going wait until there is legislation.'”
That was particularly disappointing for two reasons. First, as the minority leader, Schumer had a larger budget than most offices and, second, Vera says, Schumer was resisting, rather than leading a trend among his party: by May of 2018, the share of Democrats in the Senate who paid their interns had almost doubled from the previous year.
In July, Pay Our Interns successfully lobbied the senators to include $5 million for Senate offices to compensate their interns as part of Senate appropriations. The money each office receives varies based on a formula that takes the lawmaker’s home state into account. In October, $65,000 was earmarked for intern pay to each of the the offices of New York senators Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (who has also faced criticism for not paying her interns). Which is why it was so galling when Vera saw the posting for Schumer’s office. “If your reasoning was I’m going to wait for legislation, well, legislation passed,” Vera says. “The president signed it. What is your excuse now? Is it that you simply don’t care about this issue?”
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Yeah. Right.
So they will not be paying their interns - the taxpayer will.
Interns, for years, were supposed to be recent graduates of college, on a short duration job-training situation. If you go back a decade or two....they rarely stayed more than six months, and any money paid....was mostly for meals and incidentals.
Schumer's CYA'ing....backtracking like crazy..... now says "no pay for interns" was posted in error.
I worked for two engineering companies and we’d hire students at minimal, but good amounts for part time workers. For the most part they didn’t contribute anything in value to compensate for what they were paid. However, it was like an extended job interview. We would make offers to the most promising ones when they graduated. In any case, as a manager I’d try to stop by about once a week and talk to them about their experiences, what was important to us employers, and generally try to guide them in what we were looking for.
I can’t imagine asking a student, or anyone else, to work for free. Even if they contributed little.
On another scale, I would be very uncomfortable with a female intern today due to the #metoo movement. As it is, I never had an employee in my office with the door shut. Due to #metoo I think women in industry have been set back twenty years. It’s a shame.
Govment po zitions what’s not to like. Long term and permnent.
Go there to find what fell out the bottom of the private sector sieve
While I never mentioned it at the time, I passed on hiring young women who were qualified for the job, but super beautiful, as I knew they would be a distraction to the work focus in the office.
Democrats have a very long history of support for “unpaid labor”. But the 13th Amendment was supposed to end that. Guess Chuckie didn’t get the memo.
On another scale, I would be very uncomfortable with a female intern today due to the #metoo movement. As it is, I never had an employee in my office with the door shut. Due to #metoo I think women in industry have been set back twenty years. It’s a shame.
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I was an employer in the construction business for many years. I always avoided hiring anyone in a protected class for that very reason. Why invite the trouble?
I kinda like the gal. She's got spunk.
Hey Chuck: We believed you the first time!
My exact thought.
Why do the women interns need to be paid if they get to have sex with the boss?
Slave labor Schoomer!
“Due to #metoo I think women in industry have been set back twenty years. It’s a shame.”
Tammy Bruce said something similar last night on the Tucker Carlson Show.
“Why do the women interns need to be paid if they get to have sex with the boss?”
In my experience (self included) the boss is one old, ugly MF.
As much as the tard arse Dems believe in giving ‘free’ sh*t, Schumer is lying.....
“I’m sorry... that I got caught”
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