Unions Want Exemption to Mandatory $15/hr Minimum Wage they Just Pushed - Granite Grok

Unions Want Exemption to Mandatory $15/hr Minimum Wage they Just Pushed

Unions pushed for a $15 minimum wage in Los Angeles. They worked hard to make sure there were no exemptions, work-arounds, or loopholes for businesses. But they’d like very much–thank you–to carve out an exemption for themselves. (Just get a load of the language they use…)

“With a collective bargaining agreement, a business owner and the employees negotiate an agreement that works for them both. The agreement allows each party to prioritize what is important to them,” Hicks said in a statement. “This provision gives the parties the option, the freedom, to negotiate that agreement. And that is a good thing.”

Ya don’t say, union hack? Newsflash: In most employer agreements in a free market system, a business owner and the employees negotiate an agreement that works for them both. That agreement allows each party to prioritize what is important to them. It’s nice when parties have the option, the freedom, to negotiate that agreement. It’s a good thing. You have just stated eloquently the reasons for not hiking the minimum wage unilaterally.

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