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Originally Posted by NoWhErE
Where does it say they work 60 hours a week @ $13 an hour? I quickly scanned the article and saw no mention of it
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Here is what is happening.
Bernie's staff unionized and negotiated contracts for pay. The pay for field workers came out to around $17/hr based on a 40hr week. The problem was that most of those people ended up working more like 60hr week. Since it is a salaried position they don't get any more money so their effective pay rate dropped to around $13/hr. They were, understandably, not happy and complained. Sander's campaign then offered them two choices to remedy the situation. They could get a raise and make more money but that would require them to work the larger number of hours or they would be cut back to a max of 43hr week. They chose the reduction in hours.
So, they are getting the same amount of money as they were before they are just working fewer hours for it. Conservatives see the misleading headline, laugh, and don't bother to read.