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Professor Bill Tierney Take a Look At Wage Discrepancies At USC

Who says there is no money in education?  USC’s Atheletic Director takes home over $2 million dollars.

“A report surfaced recently that Pat Haden, the Athletic Director of USC, makes $2.2 million dollars. . . Some months ago I wrote about Blanca, a custodial worker at USC who earns about $11/hour. We have workers at USC, however, who make considerably less. The minimum wage in California is $8.00/hour.  San Francisco has the highest minimum wage in the nation at $10.55/hour. USC’s workweek is 37.5 hours. I believe our starting hourly wage is $8.60/hour. If that is true, then the good news is we pay more than California law requires. The not so good news is that these folks are making less than $17,000/year.”

A 130 to 1 ratio.

The story can be found http://21stcenturyscholar.org/2013/07/17/academic-priorities-and-responsibilities/

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How Has The College Internship Requirements Changed?

“On Tuesday a federal judge in New York ruled that Fox Searchlight Pictures broke federal labor law and New York state minimum wage laws when it employed two production interns, Eric Glatt and Alexander Footman, on the film Black Swan, for no pay.

Among the requirements: The internship has to be similar to training in a school, it has to be “for the benefit of the intern,” the intern doesn’t displace paid workers and the employer “derives no immediate advantage” from the intern’s activities.

In other words, the internship’s goal is to train and teach the intern, rather than to provide free labor for the employer. If the employer doesn’t meet those six criteria, it is supposed to pay the intern minimum wage or better.”

For more information go to: http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/06/14/is-the-unpaid-internship-dead/