Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren certainly isn’t the only legislator whose office relies on unpaid interns to do the jobs that senior staffers just won’t do. But with Warren at the forefront of the push to raise the minimum wage (which she’s said would be $22 an hour if raises kept up with worker productivity), doesn’t $0 seem a little low?
It’s time to pass the #PaycheckFairness Act, because women deserve equal pay for equal work #EqualPayDay
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 9, 2013
If equal pay for equal work is so important, then interns must be worth at least $7.25 an hour, right?
Legal Insurrection did some research and learned that, sadly, none of the internships Warren’s office is currently offering is a paid position, nor were internships for Warren’s campaign last year. Even the people who printed the ad soliciting campaign interns donated their work, it seems.
More Liberal hypocrisy: Elizabeth Warren pays interns $0 per hour. http://t.co/zTOm5NItVU
— Eric Larson (@larsoneric50) April 11, 2013
She Heap Cheapum—> Minimum Wage Goddess Elizabeth Warren pays interns $0 per hour: http://t.co/MIWUHAMvVv
— Anita Miller ❌ (@FoxNewsMom) April 11, 2013
@politicalmath yup http://t.co/IiVXOSpN1P pic.twitter.com/PxhqWsAv8t
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) April 11, 2013
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