Bernie Sanders' Staff Union Demands Better Working Conditions

[Dashinka 24,751]

I guess they can go on strike.

 

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign staff is apparently engaged in their very own fight for $15, according to the Washington Post. Due to overwork, the staffers, who are one of only a few unionized campaign staffs, say they are making less than the living wage that their campaign is promising to all Americans.

Documents obtained by the Post show ongoing negotiations between the union, represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400, and the campaign management starting in May. The two parties still haven’t reached an agreement about a higher wage for campaign workers. According to the Post, it’s unclear whether Sanders himself is aware of the situation.

 

The union said in a statement that it couldn’t comment “on specific, ongoing internal processes between our members and their employer.”

 

From the Post:

“As union members, the Bernie 2020 campaign staff have access to myriad protections and benefits secured by their one-of-a-kind union contract, including many internal avenues to democratically address any number of ongoing workplace issues, including changes to pay, benefits, and other working conditions,” the statement said.

“We look forward to continuing to work closely with our members and the management of the Bernie 2020 campaign to ensure all workers have dignity and respect in the workplace.”

 

https://splinternews.com/bernie-sanders-staff-union-demands-better-working-condi-1836513077

 

 

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

now that is funny ... 

[Dashinka 24,751]

3 minutes ago, Randyandyuni said:

now that is funny ... 

Some may call it poetic justice.

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

Some may call it poetic justice.

spelled h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e 

[TBoneTX 46,013]

15 hours ago, Randyandyuni said:

h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e

As is the reality that he's a millionaire and hasn't rushed to donate 70% of his earnings to the Government.

"Do as I say, not as I do."

As ever, socialists want control over everyone but exempt themselves.

[Dashinka 24,751]

11 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

As is the reality that he's a millionaire and hasn't rushed to donate 70% of his earnings to the Government.

"Do as I say, not as I do."

As ever, socialists want control over everyone but exempt themselves.

Hmm, I really thought we would get a poem.  

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

2 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Hmm, I really thought we would get a poem.  

Bernie Sanders is

Totally ridiculous

For socialism

 

 

 

He is also a

Complete hypocrite about

Mine and your money

 

 

Me: Haiku

You: Bless you!

Edited July 20, 2019 by ALFKAD

[Boiler 45,993]

I do not think it is fair to just focus on Bernie, Kamala only pays women 94% of what men are paid, which is odd for someone who wants to impose big fines on Employers who do that.

[TBoneTX 46,013]

Socialists want rules that apply to everybody but themselves.

[Dashinka 24,751]

6 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Socialists want rules that apply to everybody but themselves.

Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others.

[Dashinka 24,751]

Oh Bernie!

 

Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced this weekend he will cut staffers' hours so that they can effectively be paid a $15-an-hour minimum wage, prompting mockery from critics who say the move is more evidence that Sanders' plan to raise the national minimum wage is hypocritical and would only lead to less work and more unemployment. (snip)

The self-described socialist candidate said junior field organizers earn roughly $36,000 per year in salary, with employer-paid health care and sick leave. But he acknowledged that their salary can effectively dip below $15 per hour if staffers work much more than 40 hours per week, which is common on presidential campaigns.

The solution is to "limit the number of hours staffers work to 42 or 43 each week to ensure they’re making the equivalent of $15 an hour," he told the Register's Brianne Pfannenstiel.

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Asche Schow of the Daily Wire noticed that Bernie doesn’t like his workers speaking to the media.

The Des Moines Register reported that Sanders complained that staffers were going to the press instead of keeping their concerns internal.

“I'm very proud to be the first presidential candidate to recognize a union and negotiate a union contract," Sanders told the outlet. "And that contract was ratified by the employees of the campaign, and it not only provides pay of at least $15 an hour, it also provides, I think, the best health care benefits that any employer can provide for our field organizers.

"It does bother me that people are going outside of the process and going to the media," he added. "That is really not acceptable. It is really not what labor negotiations are about, and it's improper."

Sanders refuses to learn from his teachable moment, apparently. Instead of proclaiming that he now gets it – that raising prices inevitably reduces demand – and growing with a life lesson from experience, Sanders just wants the story to go away. He’d rather live in a fantasy world.

 

 

 

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[TBoneTX 46,013]

Trying to restrict his workers' First Amendment rights, too.

Was that also in his vaunted union contract?

[Dashinka 24,751]

40 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Trying to restrict his workers' First Amendment rights, too.

Was that also in his vaunted union contract?

I am just surprised the union repping the staff did not negotiate over-time.  But yes, apparently Bernie would like to restrict their free speech.

[TBoneTX 46,013]

And his solution to the pay issue is to cut his workers' hours -- exactly as happens in the real world under market conditions.

He'll be annihilated in the upcoming debates.

[Dashinka 24,751]

2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

And his solution to the pay issue is to cut his workers' hours -- exactly as happens in the real world under market conditions.

He'll be annihilated in the upcoming debates.

But but but those nasty unfeeling corporations.  Anyway, I guess Tlaib hasn't learned either.

 

Tlaib calls for $20-an-hour minimum wage: 'I can't allow people to be living off tips'

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tlaib-calls-for-20-an-hour-minimum-wage