Typical liberal "I'll tell you what to do but don't think I live by the same" Workers for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign are reportedly pushing for higher wages as the candidate urges support for a nationwide $15 an hour minimum wage. Campaign field employees are asking for salaries they say would be equal to the $15-an-hour wage Sanders has championed, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing internal documents. The documents reviewed by the newspaper reportedly show that the unresolved dispute between the unionized workers and management has been going on since at least May. A draft letter members of the union planned to send to campaign manager Faiz Shakir said that field organizers "cannot be expected to build the largest grassroots organizing program in American history while making poverty wages," according to the Post. "Given our campaign's commitment to fighting for a living wage of at least $15.00 an hour, we believe it is only fair that the campaign would carry through this commitment to its own field team." Organizers worked at least 60 hours per week, resulting in pay of less than $13 per hour, the letter reportedly estimated. "Many field staffers are barely managing to survive financially, which is severely impacting our team's productivity and morale. Some field organizers have already left the campaign as a result," the letter reportedly said.
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