https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/irony-bernie-sanders-campaign-battle...


His campaign workers are unionizing because he is a cheap ba$tard!!

Best regards,

But then...

Sources from both the campaign and the union confirmed that the collective bargaining agreement, ratified in May, set a base pay rate for field staff at $36,000 a year. That salary works out to under $15 and hour based on the 60-hour work week. But in addition to the pay scale, the CBA also provides full health insurance without a premium, mental health benefits, parental leave options, a gas card for use while on the job and other options not traditionally available to low-level campaign staff.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/politics/bernie-sanders-campaign-union-clash/i...


Gee, funny they don't mention all the benefits offered in all the hit pieces.... hmm, how about that?

set a base pay rate for field staff at $36,000 a year. That salary works out to under $15 and hour based on the 60-hour work week.

Under fifteen bucks over a SIXTY HOUR work week.
Ohhh, how generous , a gas card
For Work Miles..
Insurance, that matters, but it's still way crappy pay.
Without knowing the actual value of the insurance, it's not possible to get a clear picture of the pay.
Forty hours at fifteen is six hundred.
That's $31,200/year.
Expecting a sixty hour work week out of them for that, even with the insurance, it's not a very attractive thing imo..

I'm just wondering why anyone Needed to unionize or bargain for pay. Everybody KNOWS paychecks can be as big as the employer wants them to be. The only reason employers want to pay people a pittance is greed. Everyone should be paid at least fifteen. It's been done and it WORKED!
Just like smart people said it would.
Employees got fewer hours.
Employers went broke.
But you lefties keep pretending you have a clue.

They shouldn't need to organize and bargain for a decent wage.  Also, if he can't pay his staff a living wage with insurance; how is he going to offer that to the country?

Best regards,

pg wrote on 07/21/19 at 18:34:50:



"Cut" hours to 40 hrs - AND still offer the same benefits.

Yeah pro golfer, that's just "terrible"....LOL

Why did it take effort to get Bernie to stop screwing them over?
I thought he was the
Pay good wages GUY,,

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/22/19 at 07:57:56:


It didn't take "effort", jog.  You need to maybe read something other than the republican rags.

He welcomed organization.  He always offered fully paid insurance.  But unlike trump, he's a smart businessman.  He's being fiscally responsible to his campaign.  Hell, his campaign is being run better than any of trump's businesses!  

Further, do you realize that he pays his interns $15 to $20 an hour?  (that's rhetorical)

The wages in question were based on some salaried employees (that means the same pay for no matter how many hours worked) that, after working sometimes 60+ hours a week, were not making the $15 an hour wage.

If you knew anything about salaried employees, you'd know that this is not uncommon.  I know plenty of salaried employees that wind up making less per hour than freelancers because of the hours they put in per week.  But, unlike those freelancers, they get insurance benefits and paid vacations.

The repub rags just want to try and smear Bernie.  The problem is, they're actually making him look better.

Keep letting them lead you by the nose.  LOL

T And T Garage wrote on 07/22/19 at 09:33:09:


$6,000 a year? looks like poverty pay to me.