Biden says he supports paying campaign staff $15 minimum wage
By Chris Mills Rodrigo - 07/21/19 02:15 PM EDT
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday said that he supports campaign staff making $15 dollar an hour, the Washington Post reported.
“I think so, yes,†Biden told reporters when asked whether $15 an hour should be the minimum wage for campaign staff.
“The answer is, I think that’s true but I gotta double-check it," he added when asked if his own campaign staff was being paid that much.
Biden spokesman Andrew Bates told the Post that campaign interns are paid $15 an hour and that field organizers are paid a salary of $4,000 a month.
During a 60-hour week, that would work out to $16.67 per hour.
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