Mandatory Meetings - DSG - Confused

How can a company order you to attend mandatory conference calls and mandatory HIPAA training and mandatory platform training sessions and not pay you for your time?  Every time they send an e-mail for something such as this, they refuse to pay, even for an hour of time.  They tell you these meetings and conference calls are a bonus for you, and that they are saving you money by you not having to pay for them someday (do I look like I just fell off of the turnip truck?).  They must think I am ignorant, but I am just biding my time.  There are many other problems as well where they want to nickle and dime me.  I would think a company would not squabble over an hour's pay, since it is for THEIR benefit.  After a year of this treatment, my positive attitude is gone and there is no love left after all of the lies and manipulation.  This is the first time I have had this attitude in all my years.  Someone will sue one of these days I guess.  I had an interview the other day where the first thing she said was "we pay for training, conference calls, and HIPAA compliance meetings," as well as overtime above a certain "very fair" line rate.  If I work holidays, which is voluntary, I will make a lot more money than standard pay.  I cannot believe how promising the company sounded - I walked around dumfounded for a couple of days.  It was like stepping back 5 years and being treated like an asset again.  Of course, I won't know for a month or so if it is as good as it looks, but so far I see nothing indicating anything negative.  I will be making the line rate I was making 5 years ago when I could afford to have this job.  I will once again want to sit down and work for a living, instead of working 12 hours a day and making less than minimum wage.  If this is as good as it sounds, I will come back on here in a month and post the company name, because every MT should have a job like this AGAIN.  She said MTs are underpaid and they would rather pay more for quality work.  Too good you say????  I am skeptical myself, but they seem sincere and I have seen it all in writing.  If it works out, I will let everyone know.  I am hopeful that these jobs will start popping up again.  When companies pay 5, 6, and 7 cpl, they surely start losing MTs who have made more in the past and find careers elsewhere.  Surely at some point people will pay for quality MTs again.  Will let you know how it goes.