Unions seek exemption from LA minimum wage law they helped pass

[flowers]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/29/unions-seek-exemption-from-la-minimum-wage-law-helped-pass/?intcmp=latestnews

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.

"We say, 'Don't leave anybody out, don't cut anybody out, a wage raise for all workers!'" Mary Elena Durazo, the longtime leader of the 600,000-strong Los Angeles County Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, told a cheering crowd of supporters at a recent council meeting.

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.

[Fishrrman]

Hmmmmmm......

Lemmmmeeeesssseeee here.....

You mean.... you mean......
....that if I vote the union in, I get my pay CUT?

Gimme that ballot!

[DCPatriot]

The unions claim that they are much better equipped to bargain/negotiate wage agreements.

And they use the minimum wage as a reason to expect/demand higher hourly rates.   They feel their members are more skilled than a burger flipper or cashier.

[Free Vulcan]

It'd be good news for companies, but a goofy stance from the union point of view, unless we are talking negotiation kickbacks in lieu of greater union dues. You can bet there's some kind of angle going here.