A class-action lawsuit charges that the Democratic National Committee, the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and others involved in the party’s 2016 national convention failed to pay overtime wages to an estimated 50 national field organizers.

The DNC adopted an official plank at the convention calling for a $15 an hour national minimum wage, more than double the current federal level of $7.25 an hour. “The Democratic Party believes that supporting workers through higher wages, workplace protections, policies to balance work and family, and other investments,” it said.

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