January 24, 2023
Field organizers for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party reached a $3.5 million settlement with the party in a class action alleging the organizers were unlawfully misclassified as exempt from overtime pay.
December 16, 2020
Field organizers for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party should not receive conditional certification in their proposed overtime collective action against the party because significant differences in the workers' job responsibilities would make collective litigation impossible, the party told a Pennsylvania federal judge.
February 02, 2018
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday dismissed a class action alleging the Democratic National Committee and the state's Democratic Party failed to pay overtime to organizers who worked on the 2016 campaign, finding the workers were not protected by the federal statute that covers overtime.
November 09, 2016
The Democratic National Committee and Pennsylvania Democratic Committee failed to pay overtime to campaign organizers who often worked up to 80 or 90 hours per week in voter registration and engagement efforts, a proposed collective and class action in Pennsylvania federal court alleged Wednesday.