What Were The Two Companies Exempted From Raising Minimum Wage?

Question

What city are these companies based in?
Who is the representative from this city?

Answer 1

One was the company Ms Pelosi's husband owns $17 million shares of ----Del Monte!

Answer 2

All the attention on this exemption of the American Somalia all of a sudden is politics pure and simple. The Republicans can't get past there own egos and admit that the American Somalia has been exempt from the minimum wage laws for years because of the overall effect they would have on the economy there and because the cost of living is so much lower there. If the Republicans really wanted to do something about this bill they would be focusing on the fact that it doesn't include any adjustments for inflation in the future. But of course both parties want to save raising the minimum wage in the future for their own political gain instead of doing something that makes sense like making a built in adjustment on the bill for inflation.

Answer 3

The other company is Chicken of the Sea

which is based in San Diego

which is not Pelosi's district

WHATS UP WITH PELOSI AND SAN DIEGO?!?! Do the San Franciscans know that their rep is selling them out to SD?!?! I smell a conspiracy!

Chicken of the Sea and StarKist account for 80% of employment on American Samoa.

Under the law American territories were exempt from the federal minimum wage since the 1950s. Every territory had a special congressional committee to evaluate the territory's economy and would set different minimum wages for the territories.

Since all the other territories (like Puerto Rico and Guam) besides American Samoa have developed diverse economies, their commissions were long since terminated and they were brought in line with the national minimum wage.

Since American Samoa is still 80% dependent on a single industry (tuna farming), it still has a Special Industry Committee setting its minimum wage.

“Despite recent claims made by the Washington Post which suggest that American Samoa is exempt from the federal minimum wage process, I wish to set the record straight,”

“While these Industry Committees have been phased out in other US Territories due to their more diversified economies, American Samoa continues to be a single industry economy. In fact, more than 80% of our private sector economy is dependent either directly, or indirectly, on two U.S. tuna processors, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist. As has been repeatedly stated at our Special Industry Committees, a decrease in production or departure of one or both of the two canneries in American Samoa could devastate the local economy resulting in massive layoffs and insurmountable financial difficulties.” - Eni Faleomavaega, American Samoa Congressional representative (non-voting)

Answer 4

Starkist. Which is owned by Del Monte. Based in San Fransisco. Represented by Nancy Pelosi.

Answer 5

It's funny how when the republicans took bribes in the 90's so that the federal minimum wage laws wouldn't apply to the Northern Marianas, you guys didn't give sh#$! I do agree however that it should be addressed.

Answer 6

And the Republicans were shut down when they attempted to question this. So much for the ethics of the Libs. Same pile, different foot.

When are Americans going to wake up to what ALL our politicians are sticking up our azzes.

Answer 7

first answer is correct, but the plant is actually in America Samoa, an island

Answer 8

No companies were exempted.A territory was- American Samoa.

Answer 9

haliburton, and haliburton