NANCY PELOSI'S TUNA STORY DIES

So what happened to the story about Nancy Pelosi exempting American Samoa from the minimum wage because it benefits companies in her district? Here we have a juicy little story affecting the Speaker of the House, and the media has chosen to look the other way. Imagine if this had been Newt Gingrich or Dennis Hastert. Would the press be so kind? Nope...but hey, this is a Democrat....THE big cheese, the head honcho. She gets a pass. Maybe it's because Dems plan to revise the bill to include American Samoa and cover the speaker's behind.

Never mind the hypocrisy of it all. Democrats stand up there and tell us that you can't raise a family on $5.15 an hour, that it needs to be raised to $7.25. Evidently you can raise a family on $7.25 an hour, even if it is phased in over two years. But when it comes to American Samoa, that's different. And as long as the Del Monte Corporation, through it's Star Kist subsidiary, is loading you up with campaign cash...then well...maybe you can raise a family on $5.15 an hour. At least if you live in American Samoa.

So the story will wither on the vine, thanks to media bias. Can you imagine if Tom DeLay were doing this? It would still be front page news. But Nancy Pelosi is a Democrat, and Democrats are protected by the media. You should know that by now.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2792972

By: Boortz

Maybe it died for the same reason as the "Clinton murders" story....

NANCY PELOSI'S TUNA STORY DIES

So what happened to the story about Nancy Pelosi exempting American Samoa from the minimum wage because it benefits companies in her district?

You'd have to ask Mr. Boortz because it's a story in his mind only.

According to the US Dept. of Labor:

Wage Rates in American Samoa

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), applies generally to employment within American Samoa as it does to employment within the United States. The minimum wage rates for American Samoa are set by a special industry committee (29 U.S.C. 205, 29 C.F.R. Part 511) appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor, as required by the Act. The rates are set for particular industries, not for an employee's particular occupation. The rates are minimum rates (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(3)); an employer may choose to pay an employee at a rate higher than the rate(s) for its industry.

The Act contains a number of additional requirements, including the payment of premium rates to certain covered employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek (29 U.S.C. 207), limitations on the employment of minors, and provisions relating to the Act's coverage and exceptions to and exemptions from some of the Act's general requirements.

Please be advised that an employer must pay all its employees, including casual and seasonal laborers, at a rate at least in the amount prescribed for the employer's industry. This applies even though an employee's job might appear to better correspond to the description of another industry classification. For example, an employee hired by a maritime shipping agency to provide duplication services must be paid at least the minimum rate set for the maritime shipping classification, not the lower rate that would apply to the same work if performed by an employee within the printing industry.

http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/americanSamoa/ASminwage.htm

The Fair Labor Standards Act was first enacted in 1938, and I'm not certain why Mr. Boortz is blaming Ms. Pelosi for the provisions contained therein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act

Is this liberal bias or corporate bias?