“Do as I say, not as I do.”
That
appears to be the message Bernie Sanders, the wizened old commie, has given his
own campaign workers. That is not atypical of leftists. In fact, it is closer
to a modus operandi.
In
an amusing irony, the Washington Post reports that some members of
Sanders’ campaign team have been lobbying to raise their wages so that they can
make the same $15
hourly wage rate that the Vermont Senator has so frequently and fervently
called for. The Post obtained a draft of a letter the campaign’s union
intended to send to Sanders’ campaign manager, Faiz Shakir. The letter stated
that the workers “cannot
be expected to build the largest grassroots organizing program in American
history while making poverty wages. Given our campaign's commitment to fighting
for a living wage of at least $15.00 an hour, we believe it is only fair that
the campaign would carry through this commitment to its own field team."
It added: "Many field staffers are barely managing to survive financially,
which is severely impacting our team's productivity and morale. Some field
organizers have already left the campaign as a result.” The letter notes that
since field organizers are working a minimum of 60 hours a week, their average
hourly pay equates to only $13 an hour. Negotiations between the union and
Shakir are apparently taking place.
Reports
of the negotiations came after the House of Representatives passed a bill to
raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, prompting Sanders to take to
Twitter to praise the House for its action.
Senator
Sanders seems to be living in a glass House at the moment.
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(Update:
it appears Sanders has decided to grant his campaign workers their $15 an hour
request by cutting
the number of hours they work).
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