Flip Flop Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Los Angeles TimesL.A. labor leaders seek minimum wage exemption for firms with union workershttp://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-minimum-wage-unions-20150526-story.htmlEver wonder why Unions would support a minimum wage when most union workers make double minimum wage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatcorn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I don't really see the issue with this. If employees have collective bargaining power, they can enter into agreements in which they negotiate their own pay and benefits. Why is that an issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I don't really see the issue with this. If employees have collective bargaining power, they can enter into agreements in which they negotiate their own pay and benefits. Why is that an issue?Why not set the bar at $15 an hour for everyone and let them bargain from there? Why should a unionized company get to pay their guys less just because they're unionized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatcorn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I think the reasoning would be that the unionized workforce has negotiating power that a non-unionized force does not, and can therefore negotiate non-cash compensation in a way the non-unionized workforce cannot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I think the reasoning would be that the unionized workforce has negotiating power that a non-unionized force does not, and can therefore negotiate non-cash compensation in a way the non-unionized workforce cannot.Do you actually believe that horseshit or are you just guessing their intentions? Only unionized employees are capable of negotiating non-cash benefits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatcorn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Do you actually believe that horseshit or are you just guessing their intentions?Only unionized employees are capable of negotiating non-cash benefits?You're always so pleasant, kicker.I don't think that 'only' unionized employees are capable of negotiating non-cash benefits, but I would suggest that at the minimum wage level, non-union employees have little to no negotiating power compared to unionized workforces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 You're always so pleasant, kicker.I don't think that 'only' unionized employees are capable of negotiating non-cash benefits, but I would suggest that at the minimum wage level, non-union employees have little to no negotiating power compared to unionized workforces.Thank you for making your hypocrisy blatantly obvious...again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychic Gibbon Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Do you actually believe that horseshit or are you just guessing their intentions?Only unionized employees are capable of negotiating non-cash benefits?You're free to test out your theory by applying for a minimum wage job while also trying to get non-cash benefits and see where that gets you if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 You're free to test out your theory by applying for a minimum wage job while also trying to get non-cash benefits and see where that gets you if you want.I've done my time at minimum wage. And amazingly it never felt like I was trapped there. Of course, the problem with your argument is twofold. One - I would need to be negotiating a wage that was below minimum wage and asking for non-cash benefits as a trade off. That would be illegal unless I was a union employee. And if it was legal, I feel pretty confident I could get it done, especially if it ended up saving the employer money. The other problem with your argument, is that the exemption to the law doesn't benefit the employee. It benefits the union. It enables them to compete at a lower cost, while offering business owners an incentive to save money. It has nothing to do with helping employees. If it did, the union would be pushing for laws regarding total compensation, not just hourly wages. As the OP said, this is a shell game. The unions pushed this law...on everyone but themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychic Gibbon Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I've done my time at minimum wage. And amazingly it never felt like I was trapped there.Of course, the problem with your argument is twofold. One - I would need to be negotiating a wage that was below minimum wage and asking for non-cash benefits as a trade off. That would be illegal unless I was a union employee. And if it was legal, I feel pretty confident I could get it done, especially if it ended up saving the employer money.The other problem with your argument, is that the exemption to the law doesn't benefit the employee. It benefits the union. It enables them to compete at a lower cost, while offering business owners an incentive to save money. It has nothing to do with helping employees. If it did, the union would be pushing for laws regarding total compensation, not just hourly wages.As the OP said, this is a shell game. The unions pushed this law...on everyone but themselves.I didn't say I agreed with what organized labor is doing in LA. I just think your point, presuming I'm interpreting what you said correctly, that unorganized labor going for minimum wage jobs can negotiate non-cash benefits is preposterous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatcorn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Thank you for making your hypocrisy blatantly obvious...again.What is hypocritical about what I've said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 What is hypocritical about what I've said?You support a minimum wage law because it benefits employees, except that you don't support requiring minimum wage laws for unions which benefit unions, not employees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatcorn Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I support a minimum wage law because it benefits the entire country.Unions can benefit employees. If a unionized workforce can negotiate a $14.50 pay rate with health insurance fully paid for by the company, for example, I think a lot of employees would be pleased with that.I'm certainly not dogmatic about it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shotfather Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) I support a minimum wage law because it benefits the entire country.Unions can benefit employees. If a unionized workforce can negotiate a $14.50 pay rate with health insurance fully paid for by the company, for example, I think a lot of employees would be pleased with that.I'm certainly not dogmatic about it, though.What do you mean? That you're actually willing to have a fluid opinion based on circumstances without slavishly driving the top of your head into a wall?**** off dude, this is the internet. Pick a side and defend it until you're completely insane. Edited May 28, 2015 by The Shotfather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 What do you mean? That you're actually willing to have a fluid opinion based on circumstances without slavishly driving the top of your head into a wall?**** off dude, this is the internet. Pick a side and defend it until you're completely insane.A fluid opinion would err on the side of caution and support a minimum wage for everyone, then require the union to prove it was willing to provide total benefits in excess of the min wage, instead automatically carving out exceptions from groups that heavily lobbied the members of the city council voting on the subject. Call me when eatcorn isn't dogmatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andras Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 It gives wiggle room for union negotiators to possibly acquire more paid time off and/or better benefit and pension plans.If the union members voted and approved it, wtf is the problem on ABF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 It gives wiggle room for union negotiators to possibly acquire more paid time off and/or better benefit and pension plans.If the union members voted and approved it, wtf is the problem on ABF?LOL. Don't apply that same logic to a typical minimum wage worker...If a worker takes a job and accepts minimum wage, what's the problem? Oh that's right. It's the same ******* thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andras Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 LOL. Don't apply that same logic to a typical minimum wage worker...If a worker takes a job and accepts minimum wage, what's the problem?Oh that's right. It's the same ******* thing.WTF are you rambling about now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padawan Knight Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Gonzalez said the change sought by labor officials could pressure companies into letting employees unionize as a way to seek relief from the mandated wage hike."Once again, the soaring rhetoric of helping the working poor is just a cover for city government acting as a tool of organized labor," he said.I see this whole thing as a ploy by the unions to entice employers to promote their employees to unionize. Just because the might be able to negotiate a wage lower than the minimum doesn't mean that they WILL negotiate for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatcorn Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 support a minimum wage for everyone, then require the union to prove it was willing to provide total benefits in excess of the min wage, instead automatically carving out exceptions from groups that heavily lobbied the members of the city council voting on the subject.I'd be fine with that. It's likely better to have the unions prove their bargaining power and intent before providing exemption from the law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Flop Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 It it could be monopoly acting like a monopoly. "A monopoly can be recognized by certain characteristics that set it aside from the other market structures:Profit maximizer: a monopoly maximizes profits. ...Price maker: the monopoly decides the price of the good or product being sold. ...High barriers to entry: other sellers are unable to enter the market of the monopoly."http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Characteristics+of+monopoly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I think minimum wage should be raised to $10 for full time employees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capologist Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I think minimum wage should be raised to $10 for full time employeesThe only problem I have with that is some areas are too depressed to be able to execute that and maintain it for any length of time. Sure, a big metropolis can do that with so problem but the small rural areas with a far lower cost of living most likely couldn't.I think it would be better left to the states or a formula based on specific local economies. Podunk, Mississippi is a heckuva lot cheaper to live in that Atlanta would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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