Walmart v. the District of Columbia

[Lemon Drop]

http://dcclims1.dccouncil.us/images/0000...132700.pdf

page 5, line 7 " "the provisions of this section may be waived by a bona fide collective bargaining agreement."

IOW - if a union votes to have members receive less than the industry standard in that city as pay, then they can go for it.

let's imagine that happening...

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in other words it does make an exception for the union proles, right Lemon?....

[Lemon Drop]

It does NOT say union members get $8.50/hour, as suggested by you and freerad.

[Bill in NC]

realistically, how long will this law survive in federal court?

[Lemon Drop]

Bill in NC wrote:
realistically, how long will this law survive in federal court?

don't know, but almost half the cities in the US have living wage laws, and I'm not aware of a lot them getting struck down by courts. This has been a trend since the late 90's.

[Bill in NC]

but not wage laws that apply unequally based on whether or not the employer is a certain size, or unionized - that's the issue.

[Lemon Drop]

Bill in NC wrote:
but not wage laws that apply unequally based on whether or not the employer is a certain size, or unionized - that's the issue.

living wage laws have all sorts of stipulations - public employees only, all employers that do business with the city, etc. I've seen much more restrictive living wage rules than this one.

That being said, I have no idea how this particular law will fair.

the part about collective bargaining agreements overriding the living wage law is standard language in this type of bill. It's moot because the union is not going to be negotiating for lower wages.

[freeradical]

Bill in NC wrote:
but not wage laws that apply unequally based on whether or not the employer is a certain size, or unionized - that's the issue.

Yup, this is just a hate law.

We're supposed to be a country based upon the rule of law, not the rule of man.


BTW: The title of the thread is inaccurate.

[RgrF]

Disliking predatory companies is now a hate crime?

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Lemon Drop wrote:
the part about collective bargaining agreements overriding the living wage law is standard language in this type of bill. It's moot because the union is not going to be negotiating for lower wages.

But of course they will negotiate a wage lower than the $12,50.
Of course they will negotiate for less than your " living wage" .
Otherwise they would not NEED that exception, would they?.....