Bernie Sanders is called a hypocrite and
mercilessly mocked online after the
socialist firebrand admits he will have
to CUT the hours of staffers so that he
can pay them the $15 minimum wage he is *
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Lauren Fruen
&
Emily Goodin
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
7/21/2019 9:08:10 PM
Bernie Sanders has been mocked online after admitting he plans to cut the hours of campaign staffers who are not getting the $15 minimum wage he campaigns for.
Field organizers put in 60 hours a week, which makes their pay equivalent to $13 an hour, it was reported Thursday.
The staffers, who are unionized, have asked campaign manager Faiz Shakir to boost their salaries to meet the level of the pay the senator has advocated for, The Washington Post reported.
Following the news Sanders told The Des Moines Register his campaign now will limit the number of hours staffers work to 42 or 43 each week
Are these field organizers not subject to FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) for work in excess of 40 hours per week?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 7/21/2019 9:18:26 PM (No. 130188)
This is hilarious. This is the Conservative response to those who advocate minimum wage increases, that employees will have their hours cut or be let go to compensate for the increased cost of wages, thereby harming some low wage workers to help others. This makes the action of increasing minimum wages pointless. The result has been confirmed every time there is a hike in the minimum wage.
Now Bernie has admitted this is true thereby undermining a long term liberal issue. Liberals HATE being made to live up to their own ideals.
Can dems get anymore pathetic?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 7/21/2019 9:22:56 PM (No. 130191)
Come on Bdog hook up a believer. Subsidize the cost out of your own pocket. You’re a multi millionaire so put up or shut up.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
LeeBertie 7/21/2019 9:31:47 PM (No. 130195)
Socialist Bernie Sanders gets introduced to Economic Reality. Doesn't like it. Reacts badly.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
proactus 7/21/2019 9:37:59 PM (No. 130199)
In the immortal words of Ralph Kramden: "Har, Har, Hardy, Har, Har!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 7/21/2019 9:39:41 PM (No. 130200)
The other reason Bernie Sanders cut hours is because his campaign isn't raising enough money. Bernie peaked in 2016, folks.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 7/21/2019 9:39:45 PM (No. 130201)
Oh, shucky darn!
Even Marxists are constrained by the laws of economics? LOL!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
edgar 7/21/2019 9:53:27 PM (No. 130206)
How soon before The Bern has to cut their hours to 'under 30' so that they can cut costs and eliminate their healthcare benefits? Bernie is finding out it is not so easy in the real world.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
jfodoch 7/21/2019 9:53:37 PM (No. 130207)
I'm completely flabbergasted that a supposedly-educated adult has no more understanding of economics or business practices than he is showing. Even if he pretends to be a viable candidate for ANYTHING, he demonstrates his incompetence. I'm not blaming him -- not his fault, but does he have even minimum qualifications?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/21/2019 10:53:57 PM (No. 130230)
No matter what Bernie does from this day forward, he has jumped the shark. This is a deal-killer, Comrade, take your hammer and sickle and go back where you came from.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
wsdiego 7/22/2019 1:15:27 AM (No. 130303)
When you deal in reality, things are not so clear!
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Bernie is a hero in his own mind and a cheapskate. Maybe he is waiting to be bought off again.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
PChristopher 7/22/2019 1:55:16 AM (No. 130319)
Get the RICH to pay for it, Bernie. You're rich....lead by example!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Highlander 7/22/2019 4:08:23 AM (No. 130331)
This man says he deserves to be POTUS? After this, anyone voting for him is at the intellectual level of an anencephalic.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Sully 7/22/2019 4:11:10 AM (No. 130332)
Well the most important thing is simply, he didn't want to do it! While building his platform on it!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Mushroom 7/22/2019 5:30:56 AM (No. 130334)
Pu them on a straight salary, then you can really screw them over!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
franq 7/22/2019 6:08:46 AM (No. 130352)
Someone please get the hook. Boynie has been on stage too long.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 7/22/2019 7:19:43 AM (No. 130386)
I'm sure that it's just a coincidence that America -haters like Bernie and AOC just happen to have mid-easterners running their campaigns.....
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