Arizona Man Claims DNC Denied its Own Ideals, Underpaid Campaign Workers

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DNC Services Corporation (which does business as the Democratic National Committee) and the Arizona Democratic Party are facing a former employee’s claims that he wasn’t paid proper wages while working as a field organizer between August and November 2016. The plaintiff says he and other organizers/field organizers were responsible for encouraging voter registration, handing out forms and paperwork, informing the public of voting deadlines, and recruiting volunteers.

According to the complaint, the plaintiff was classified as exempt from federal labor law protections despite his job duties being non-managerial in nature. As a result, the suit alleges, the plaintiff often worked 80 hours per week without receiving premium overtime wages. Even further, he says he was paid a monthly salary of $2,500 that, when divided by the allegedly significant number of hours he worked, amounted to less than the minimum wage. From the complaint:

“Even while Defendants campaigned to enhance and expand the ability of low and middle income [sic] people to be paid a fair salary, minimum wage, and overtime, those same principles were ignored in denying their own Organizers and/or Field Organizers overtime pay for the extremely long hours required by campaign work.”