Guess who’s getting sued for not paying a ‘fair wage?’ It’s the Democrats at the DNC! How’s this for ironic? Democrats ramble on about how they want a $15 minimum wage. That of course has been an epic failure in places like Seattle who have tried this. Paying burger flippers $15 incentives companies to move towards automation, rather than human work. A group of 40 or so DNC field workers are suing the DNC for underpaying for their services. They worked 80-90 hours per week for the DNC and were paid a grand total of $3,000.
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A group of roughly 40 field workers filed a class action lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and six state party organizations in May, alleging that they were not fairly compensated for their work during the 2016 campaign. The field organizers claim to have been paid $3,000 per month while consistently working 80 to 90 hours per week.
Justin Swidler, the attorney representing the workers, described their treatment as “obscene.”
“These workers were out there in a campaign that was promising $15 an hour minimum wage, and expanding the overtime rights of workers,” Swidler told CBS News. Swidler did not respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
The DNC’s decision to give the executive director a $300,000 bonus after the failed election cycle exacerbated workers’ complaints, as their wages were left well short of $15 per hour.