Sanders Campaign Engulfed In Messy Fight With Unionized Staff

[Captdon]

If you look at the math, if accepted by Sanders, it would mean a pay increase of over 100%; I don't know of many people who get a raise of that percentage in a labor contract. These days most people are lucky if they get 2 or 3% yearly so it's understandable that they'd fight for the $15 per hour rate. The union would be better off proposing pay increases based on geographic location.

Sanders wants to make it a law to pay 15 dollars an hour. A law that give all minimum wage earners that increase. There isn't any maybe's about this. He wants a law to force people to so what he won't do himself. What credibility does he have?

[Tahuyaman]

If you look at the math, if accepted by Sanders, it would mean a pay increase of over 100%; I don't know of many people who get a raise of that percentage in a labor contract. These days most people are lucky if they get 2 or 3% yearly so it's understandable that they'd fight for the $15 per hour rate. The union would be better off proposing pay increases based on geographic location.

Still avoiding addressing Sanders’ hypocrisy by citing the arithmetic.

[Peter1469]

They think it's fine for everyone but them? Sanders tried to worm out by saying they make 17 dollars an hours if you count benefits. He's calling for 15 dollars an hour in wages while paying 13.60 an hour. There's your liberals at their best.

Sanders is a piece of $#@!. His employees should strike through the election season.

[gamewell45]

I hope you aren't going to pull one of your "I've answered it and I'm through" excuses.

When I get a response from you like that I have no desire to continue any dialogue with you on this thread. At least you can honestly say that I said "I've answered it and I'm through".

[gamewell45]

Sanders is a piece of $#@!. His employees should strike through the election season.

Why strike? If that's the case they lose money; instead they should mobilize to conduct legally permissible actions while on the job and still draw salary.

[AZ Jim]

This has nothing to do with political actions now or then but I just got to thinking about my first job many years ago. In 1952 I worked summers in a job cleaning up in a amusement park. Hard, heavy work most of the time (lifting heavy 55 gallon drums of trash and hauling it to a landfill). Minimum wage was $1 per hour. I was getting $1.65 and damn lucky at that. I appreciate the difference between then and now but $15 would have been a fortune back then....ok enough living in the past back to today

[Peter1469]

This has nothing to do with political actions now or then but I just got to thinking about my first job many years ago. In 1952 I worked summers in a job cleaning up in a amusement park. Hard, heavy work most of the time (lifting heavy 55 gallon drums of trash and hauling it to a landfill). Minimum wage was $1 per hour. I was getting $1.65 and damn lucky at that. I appreciate the difference between then and now but $15 would have been a fortune back then....ok enough living in the past back to today

$1.65 in 1954 = $25.87 today.

[AZ Jim]

$1.65 in 1954 = $25.87 today.

I know the differences are hard to believe....

[Peter1469]

I know the differences are hard to believe....

It is wild.

[Tahuyaman]

Sanders is a piece of $#@!. His employees should strike through the election season.

In the face of being exposed as a hypocrit, Sanders caved in and has agreed to pay his staff at least $15.00 an hour. If he was a man who stood behind his proposals, it shouldn't have taken this action by his staff.