Burgess Owens: “this Employee Commuting Act is a cheap device being utilized to sabotage the effort to increase the minimum wage by 90…”

“this Employee Commuting Act is a cheap device being utilized to sabotage the effort to increase the minimum wage by 90 cents over a 2-year period. This Employee Commuting Act is one more attack on American working families. This is guerrilla warfare. It is an ambush of the workers. This bill forces workers to do work for which they are not paid. This bill allows employers to coerce employees into agreements to work without getting paid. The number of workers who drive vehicles to and from work that are owned by the company may be relatively small, but the principle here, the principle at stake here is monumental when you consider the implications of forcing people to work without getting paid. This act pilfers the wages of workers. This is a mandate for picking the pockets of defenseless workers. Against this petty thievery, Democrats must rise again to defend American working families. For some reason, during this whole year, the Republicans have waged an onslaught on working families.”