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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
originally posted by: LeatherNLace
If you are part of a Union, you are likely already earning $15+/hr.
originally posted by: spiritualKat33
I thought the union already set min. wages for specific industries and you started a union job at a specific rate already without collective bargaining, entry level positions usually start above $15 don't they?
So you are saying they would allow for a business to pay someone less just because they are union?
What would be the purpose of joining a union if there was a chance you would get less than if you went to a non-union business?
originally posted by: spiritualKat33
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
What would be the purpose of joining a union if there was a chance you would get less than if you went to a non-union business?
Organizing from the bottom up (i.e., convincing workers of the merits of membership) has proven difficult for unions. Therefore, they have solicited the coercive power of government to help them organize from the top down.
originally posted by: onequestion
What unions are paying less than $15 an hour and if they are why are you in a union
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
If I work a union job, making $20 an hour and the minimum is raised say, $5 an hour -- I'm going to demand my union negotiate to get my hourly wage raised by $5 as well.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: spiritualKat33
I thought the union already set min. wages for specific industries and you started a union job at a specific rate already without collective bargaining, entry level positions usually start above $15 don't they?
No, they do not. Many positions start much lower.
So you are saying they would allow for a business to pay someone less just because they are union?
Exactly.
What would be the purpose of joining a union if there was a chance you would get less than if you went to a non-union business?
The union does not care, they get the dues either way. They just want increaded membership.