[Amendment10]

"Campus minimum wages have lagged behind local minimum wages because the university, as a public state institution, is exempt from local minimums [emphasis added]."

Although the states have the 10th Amendment-protected power to set minimum wage, this exemption stuff is the same mentality as corrupt Congress exempting itself from unconstitutional Obamacare imo.

Both federal and state governments are arguably granting themselves special privileges which the states have expressly prohibited in the Constitution.

• Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States [emphasis added]: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

• Article I, Section 10, Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility [emphases added].

[usurper]

“My concern and the public’s concern is that UC Berkeley is going to start cutting the people it can ill afford to lose.

LOL OK kids looks like you are going to have to start cooking and cleaning up after yourselves for free.

Think of it as an unpaid internship you will get valuable experience in the fast food and house cleaning industry.

[null and void]

500 fewer paid employees.

That much closer to free college!

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Robots!!!

[PAR35]

Since faculty members don’t exactly work long hours, they could be assigned other duties. Department heads would empty trashcans; full professors could vacuum, sweep, and dust; assistant professors could clean the restrooms.

[ronnie raygun]

Let me just cut off my right hand because im a lefty and I could survive with one, besides I will only have to by one glove instead of two in the winter

[gunsequalfreedom]

University of California Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks earns $486,000 a year plus a very rich benefit and retirement package.

But he announced the cuts will be at the bottom. Typical of the problem.

The guy makes more in a week than the workers he cut make in a year. Big problems when that happens in a society.

[monkeyshine]

So many ridiculous things in one article. Its absurd that government is exempt from the minimum wage they impose on businesses. Boy it sure is getting annoying how many different rules, regulations and laws that the lawmakers exempt for themselves. But what does laying off 500 people have to do with the minimum wage, when the article says they will save $50 million that comes to $100,000 per employee - much more than the minimum wage.

[Pride in the USA]

Oh, the delicious irony of it all.

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!