Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Samders doesn't pay his organizers the min wage of $15.00. HYPOCRITE !!! [View all]Nanjeanne
(5,003 posts)campaign and the issue appears to be the calculation is not by the hour. Its that instead of a 35 or 40 work week - they are calculating on 60 hours. Now they may work 60 hours and if thats so, they probably should get an additional pay for the hours they are working. But as it calculates to $13/hour for 60 hours or $780 a week - if they worked 40 hours their breakdown would be a generous $19.50/hour.
When I was an Event Producer I was paid an annual salary and many many weeks put in more than a 40 hr work week. I was salaried and not hourly and earned nothing more. On an event, when I had hired staff, we paid an hourly wage and they earned whatever they worked for the two or three weeks they were on the project. They were hourly staff. Theres always been a difference in the workplace.
Since this is a unionized shop now my guess is they will negotiate something - possibly a regular work week of 40 hours - or perhaps they will reduce their wage to $15/hr and on weeks when they only work 30 hours they will get less and on some weeks when they work 60 hours they will get more.
Either way to me this is a no story like Bernies a millionaire to create some bad press. Since the other candidates staffs do not receive anything as generous as Sanders staff - it isnt a fight I would think other candidates want to get into.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided