For the can’t-make-this-up-if-we-tried-file, the $15-per-hour minimum wage mandate that was just passed by the Los Angeles City Council has a new opponent now that it’s time to draft the specifics of the law — labor unions!
These same labor unions, of course, who pushed for this law in the first place. From the Los Angeles Times:
Labor leaders, who were among the strongest supporters of the citywide minimum wage increase approved last week by the Los Angeles City Council, are advocating last-minute changes to the law that could create an exemption for companies with unionized workforces.
The push to include an exception to the mandated wage increase for companies that let their employees collectively bargain was the latest unexpected detour as the city nears approval of its landmark legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020.
For much of the past eight months, labor activists have argued against special considerations for business owners, such as restaurateurs, who said they would have trouble complying with the mandated pay increase.
But Rusty Hicks, who heads the county Federation of Labor and helps lead the Raise the Wage coalition, said Tuesday night that companies with workers represented by unions should have leeway to negotiate a wage below that mandated by the law.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
And let the well-deserved mocking begin:
Say WHAT now? L.A. labor leaders, who pushed for the $15 minimum wage, now want an exemption for unionized workers: http://t.co/JwZ7GnaYgj
— Laura J. Nelson ? (@laura_nelson) May 27, 2015
All the proof the $15 MW is a disaster:
Unions are opposing it.http://t.co/jaVke89fnR— Brad Slager: It's Lt-Col-VP-Rev-Kaiser, SIR ? ? (@MartiniShark) May 27, 2015
@EllieAsksWhy let them eat cake!!! http://t.co/gvhGGQ57zR
— Aryeh M. Friedman (@sarek1024) May 27, 2015
LA union leaders are hypocrites and @LAMayorsOffice @LosAngelesMayor is apparently under their boot http://t.co/cZY7LUmur8 #minimumwage
— Adam A. Millsap (@AA_Millsap) May 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/SethLondon/status/603593942081392640
What a joke. "L.A. labor leaders seek minimum wage exemption for firms with union workers" http://t.co/WXcJhwGht7 @roxannegarciax
— Steve “Beto” Parkhurst (@SteveParkhurst) May 27, 2015
It is a joke, but the unions don’t seem to understand that we’re laughing at them, not with them.
Didn't think #RaisetheWage campaign was all about gaining #union members? #LA unions just proved it. http://t.co/1olL9mRtJU #wages #jobs
— Jeffrey Dorfman (@DorfmanJeffrey) May 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/CoC_guy/status/603591972574666752
This takes giant balls. Huge. Giant. Balls. And an ability to feel no shame. http://t.co/aCwytIH8GF
— Senate Popular VotEEE (@EEElverhoy) May 27, 2015
I hope you #RaiseTheWage idiots realize what tools you are; unions are getting an exemption to the minimum wage law.http://t.co/PVOlAD75oh
— Pox On Both Houses (@PoxOnBothHouses) May 27, 2015
Fun little bait and switch out in LA http://t.co/Nh5iVY733q
— Jonathan Blanks (@BlanksSlate) May 27, 2015
Recognizing that $15 minimum wage represents a robot threat to their members, LA unions seek exemption. Hypocrites. http://t.co/Wgog9YZokx
— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) May 27, 2015
Fear the robots! And we’ll end it with this:
https://twitter.com/ARossP/status/603587619646283777
100% agree.
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