Unions getting exemptions from minimum wage laws

An editorial in CarolinaCoastOnline points out,

In California, where Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill raising the state’s minimum to $15 an hour by 2022, the Los Angeles city council will hear a proposal next week to exempt union members from the $15-hour minimum that unions spent years fighting for.

...After the Los Angeles city council agreed last year to increase the city’s minimum wage to $15 by 2020, he asked that union members be exempted. Saying issues were “in need of further review,” he said other cities in California, San Jose, Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco and Long Beach, have included similar clauses exempting unions in their wage bills. Put on hold, his proposed amendment is again up for consideration.

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