▲ 225 ▼ Marjorie Taylor Greene and House Republicans Are Trying to Cut Pete Buttigieg's Salary to $1 a Year (www.advocate.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/politics@lemmy.world 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You cannot pay people less than minimum wage. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] admiralteal@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Public employees are exempt from the NLRA and it is not abnormal for an independently wealthy public sector employee to accept an appointment with a $1/yr wage. Also not covered are air/railway workers (who are covered under the RLA), agricultural workers who have some very weird and problematic coverage, and certain domestic workers/contractors for... some fucking reason and with some effect. Never underestimate how much of a shithole the US is for labor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Public employees are exempt from the NLRA and it is not abnormal for an independently wealthy public sector employee to accept an appointment with a $1/yr wage. Also not covered are air/railway workers (who are covered under the RLA), agricultural workers who have some very weird and problematic coverage, and certain domestic workers/contractors for... some fucking reason and with some effect. Never underestimate how much of a shithole the US is for labor. permalink fedilink source parent