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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

MichMan

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2. Does anyone know how bargaining is going to be implemented?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed May 11, 2022, 10:41 PM

May 2022

From my understanding from a previous post, each congress person is now allocated a set amount of $950k and is allowed 18 full time and 4 part time staffers. Once the unionization takes place, is that provision eliminated?

Speaker Pelosi has indicated that the minimum salary will be $45k. Could an AOC, for example, agree in bargaining to pay their staff double that, or $90k a year, and also pay off all their student loans ? Can the union bargain for more staffers ?

Would the House then be required to allocate them the additional funds by passing another appropriations bill?

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Does anyone know how bargaining is going to be implemented? MichMan May 2022 #2