2016 Postmortem

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts) Sat Jun 25, 2016, 10:50 AM Jun 2016

Platform committee shot down $15 minumum wage ?

Unity efforts hit snag at final meeting over Democratic platform

Ellison offered additional amendments designed to strengthen the document’s commitment to a $15 minimum wage and employment guidelines for federal contractors — issues championed by Sanders on the campaign trail. Both were rebuffed by Paul Booth of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union, who was named to the committee by Clinton.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/unity-efforts-hit-snag-at-final-meeting-over-democratic-platform/2016/06/24/2919fd06-3a3d-11e6-a254-2b336e293a3c_story.html

I'm seeing 2 different articles - some say they shot it down others say they adopted it

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Platform committee shot down $15 minumum wage ? (Original Post) FreakinDJ Jun 2016 OP

No, they shot down language tweaking the $15/hour wage provision, which was already in the Brickbat Jun 2016 #1

Aren't those union employees making more than that? Human101948 Jun 2016 #2

Good question. onecaliberal Jun 2016 #3

He "rebuffed" the effort to tie the wage to inflation. Brickbat Jun 2016 #5

*sigh* ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #4

The answer is in your article. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #6

Funny, isn't it Andy823 Jun 2016 #7

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

1. No, they shot down language tweaking the $15/hour wage provision, which was already in the

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 10:53 AM

Jun 2016

platform. Ellison wanted it pegged to inflation, while the language already said it should be indexed and increased periodically.

Human101948

(3,457 posts)

2. Aren't those union employees making more than that?

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 11:23 AM

Jun 2016

Why wouldn't they support better wages for everyone else?

onecaliberal

(32,898 posts)

3. Good question.

Reply to Human101948 (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 11:48 AM

Jun 2016

More I've got mine, fuck you! It's the new American way.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

5. He "rebuffed" the effort to tie the wage to inflation.

Reply to Human101948 (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 01:12 PM

Jun 2016

ismnotwasm

(42,014 posts)

4. *sigh*

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 12:23 PM

Jun 2016

No.

TwilightZone

(25,485 posts)

6. The answer is in your article.

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 01:16 PM

Jun 2016

"Ellison offered additional amendments designed to strengthen the document’s commitment to a $15 minimum wage "

The amendments were rejected, not the provision itself.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)

7. Funny, isn't it

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 01:23 PM

Jun 2016

Some just don't want to listen to the facts, they would rather come up with their own BS, and ignore what really happens, or they have everyone who is trying to point of the truth to them on ignore!

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