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You really cannot make this stuff up. How corrupt can you possibly get? And how corrupt do these union people believe the Democratic City Council leaders are that they approached to ask for this special treatment from?
Kudos to those Los Angeles Democratic City Council members who apparently told these union thugs to go screw themselves.
Union leaders in Los Angeles are being accused of hypocrisy after being caught trying to exempt themselves from a new minimum wage law they tried to impose on others. For months, organized labor went after companies like McDonalds and Walmart, shaming any business that paid the old minimum wage.
Carrying signs saying, "We see greed" and "We are worth more," union members marched outside businesses and appeared at City Council meetings demanding Los Angeles raise the minimum wage from $9 to $15 by 2020.
Yet after pushing through the new wage law, union officials are asking for a waiver that would allow any company that unionizes to avoid paying the minimum wage.
You really cannot make this stuff up. How corrupt can you possibly get? And how corrupt do these union people believe the Democratic City Council leaders are that they approached to ask for this special treatment from?
Kudos to those Los Angeles Democratic City Council members who apparently told these union thugs to go screw themselves.
Yeah, I couldn't believe that one!! OH, WAIT! Hold the phone batman! YES, I could!!
I did a google search. FOX is the only one talking about this, along with the usual circus of right wing sources that cite FOX news. In circumstances like this, I take the information with a large grain of salt. FOX news lies all the time. I don't mean telling half truths. I mean, telling blatant lies and spreading misinformation. As a former viewer, I can't stand FOX news any longer.
I did a google search. FOX is the only one talking about this, along with the usual circus of right wing sources that cite FOX news. In circumstances like this, I take the information with a large grain of salt. FOX news lies all the time. I don't mean telling half truths. I mean, telling blatant lies and spreading misinformation. As a former viewer, I can't stand FOX news any longer.
There are more websites that I could have included but the 3 above should suffice.
I think your google is broke
Ok. All I saw were quotes like this...
“With a collective bargaining agreement, a business owner and the employees negotiate an agreement that works for them both,” Rusty Hicks, head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, said in a statement. “This provision gives the parties the option, the freedom, to negotiate that agreement. And that is a good thing.”
Who are those so called "labor leaders", and what is it they explicitly want?
Small businesses are exempt for an additional year on top of when this takes effect if, I'm not mistaken. Shouldn't unionized small businesses be included in that exception?
Small businesses are exempt for an additional year on top of when this takes effect if, I'm not mistaken. Shouldn't unionized small businesses be included in that exception?
That's kind of irrelevant since there aren't even going to be any more small businesses after this takes effect. Unless you expect them all to operate at a loss.
That's kind of irrelevant since there aren't even going to be any more small businesses after this takes effect. Unless you expect them all to operate at a loss.
They will have one year after the fact to figure out how to pay $15/hr MW. So technically, there will be no small businesses one year after this takes effect. Though I doubt that will be the final outcome. Many low value jobs will be lost however. Others will become higher value jobs. The free market will decide, and the free market does not vote Repuke or dumbycrap.
Rusty Hicks, head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, said in a statement. “This provision gives the parties the option, the freedom, to negotiate that agreement. And that is a good thing.”
And they seek to strip the individuals freedom to do the same thing.
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