L.A. Unions Fight for $15 Minimum Wage … Exemption

The war for stupid is ongoing in the L.A. city council as the unions who lobbied exhaustively for the $15 minimum wage are now balking unless the city exempt union members from the jobs-killing ordinance.

L.A. 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.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

CHOICE?

UNION! UNION! UNION!

C’mon people… UNIO…!

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