[lbo-talk] SMART on the SEIU

[joseph noonan]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Mark Rickling wrote:
>
> Who is making excuses? You write as if it is SEIU that is to blame for
> compensation levels below a living-wage. I'd really hate to think that
> you just lazily assumed that because homecare wages are only $1 above
> the CA min that the union hasn't done jack shit to improve the lives
> of its members. If this isn't the case, I've got a bunch of questions
> for you:

My tone was obnoxious, I apologize.  But citing the federal minimum wage 
in a discussion about CA is pretty dumb.  I'm not a lawyer, but the only 
exceptions to CA's minimum wage that I am aware of is for a training wage 
and that is short lived.  This can be learned by going to the posters next 
to the time clock and any "in compliance" employer in CA.

But, no, I'm not taking your test.