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Labor union admits union ‘Fight for $15′ campaign will kill jobs

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[May 20, 2015]  By Jason Hart | Watchdog.org
 
 A win for labor unions in their “Fight for $15″ campaign will mean some workers lose their jobs, a construction union said last week.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 570 in Phoenix admitted “some people” will “lose their jobs” if the mandatory minimum wage is hiked to $15 an hour as union bosses demand.


Can’t make a wage mandate omelette without breaking a few entry-level workers’ eggs!

This may seem like a bad thing, but IBEW 570 has a plan: Create government work for the people who find themselves unemployed because of Fight for $15.

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Defending Fight for $15 as “a collaborative effort” between unions and workers, IBEW 570 said the campaign would cause the economy to grow — and “the displaced could be put to work rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure.”

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