McCain visits Co. that refused to pay min. wage

[Spytheweb]

Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) visited Worth & Co., a contracting company in Bucks County, PA, where he held a town hall. The visit is a slap in the face to the state?s unions, since Worth & Co. has been investigated by the state Department of Labor and Industry for ?intentionally failing to pay the predetermined minimum wage? to its employees. The Intelligencer reports:

McCain, who has already drawn the ire of union leaders throughout this country, will be visiting a company that earlier this year was under investigation by the state?s Labor and Industry Department over employee wages. At the time of the investigation, company founder Stephen Worth said he was being targeted by union interests who were going after his non-union shop. Union members plan to protest McCain?s visit.

Part of the state?s investigation focused on a subcontractor Worth had hired, that ultimately admitted to having underpaid its employees by nearly $26,000. The state has accused the company of cheating employees out of $142,000 in wages for government projects.

McCain?s visit fits squarely within his anti-labor record. The AFL-CIO emphasizes that ?there is nothing moderate about McCain,? who they call ?a loyal ally of Bush who has consistently and perniciously voted against the interests of working families in his decades-long career in Washington.? Highlights of that long career:

? Helped block minimum wage hike in 2005 with John Kyl
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/s...7/daily22.html

? Voted to filibuster minimum wage hike in 2007
http://news.aol.com/elections-blog/2...mum-wage-hike/

? Compared unions to monopolies, during a presidential debate
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14459...ent&page=4

? Voted to block the Employee Free Choice Act in 2007, allowing workers to form unions
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LI...n=1&vote=00227

? Skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2008, which would have made it easier for women workers to sue for equal pay
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/23/...-on-equal-pay/

Just last week, McCain didn?t even bother to show up to vote on a war supplemental that extended unemployment benefits. He was the only senator besides Sen. Ted Kennedy ? who is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor ? who didn?t vote on the measure.

 

[The Sponge]

I didn't know McBush was in my stomping grounds.:shrug: He loves to always remind people that Zona is a right to scab state.

 

[gardenweasel]

nobody on this board makes minimum wage....maybe somebody`s kids....

right spongy and spy?....

:142smilie

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Money talks--grifters walk

Money Talks

Barack Obama has vowed to make equal pay for women a priority if elected president and even told supporters in New Mexico last week, "McCain is an honorable man... but when you look at our records and our plans on issues that matter to working women, the choice could not be clearer. It starts with equal pay."

But Cybercast News cites a report from the secretary of the Senate which says women working in Obama's Senate office were paid, on average, about $6,000 less than men. And, of the five people in Obama's office who earn more than $100,000 a year, only one is a woman.

But in John McCain's Senate office, the average pay for women is $2,500 more than men.

:0corn

 

[Nosigar]

Money talks--grifters walk

Money Talks

Barack Obama has vowed to make equal pay for women a priority if elected president and even told supporters in New Mexico last week, "McCain is an honorable man... but when you look at our records and our plans on issues that matter to working women, the choice could not be clearer. It starts with equal pay."

But Cybercast News cites a report from the secretary of the Senate which says women working in Obama's Senate office were paid, on average, about $6,000 less than men. And, of the five people in Obama's office who earn more than $100,000 a year, only one is a woman.

But in John McCain's Senate office, the average pay for women is $2,500 more than men.

:0corn

Wayne:

That is only os he gets elected president!

And it only applies to OTHERS. I thought you knew that by now.

Regards:
The Untouchable One


Minimum Wage. What a fuqking joke of an issue!

 

[Chadman]

Did Cybercast News say what jobs those people had? Were they all doing the same thing, have they been on the staff the same length of time, etc? Might be worth knowing, since you're making a point.