As suggested the other day, I e-mailed my TAA regional director since all I was getting from my One-Stop Career Center person & UI was that I needed a letter stating a lay off date or that there was an imminent threat of lay off.
She sent me a note, then cc'd my e-mail to my state director. Here are their responses:
Regional: You would need a qualifying separation in order to be eligible for Trade benefits as you have not been determined to be an adversely affected incumbe ...
filed with the DOL for Nuance employees? I know MModal has one and lots of their employees, both past and present, are taking advantage of the schooling and other benefits. If not filed for Nuance employees could we model one after the MModal petition? Anybody have any information? ...
I found a petition to sign against sending work offshore. Its at ataus.org (American Transcription Assocation). You do not have to be a member to sign it. Does anyone else know about any petitions? ...
http://wh.gov/Nz78
This looks a lot like one posted here a couple weeks ago. It's on a facebook page. It says it takes 150 signatures within 30 days for it to go live on the White House website. I see you have to register to sign, but I just did, and it only takes a minute.
Please sign. We need to try to do something about losing our jobs to other countries. ...
Everyone who is trade affected due to work being shifted to India with reduced hours is potentially eligible under this petition at http://doleta.gov/tradeact
I met with a representative today who encouraged me to tell other workers in this situation about the possible benefits from the department of labor. Contact your state office to find out if you qualify. It offers potential benefits for retraining in another occupation that has expected growth potential as wel ...
A petition to the White House for bringing our work back!
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/bring-back-all-united-states-medical-record-transcription-be-performed-only-us-us-medical/TJzSQpZq
Once this is through we need one to nix SR!!!! ...
I can't find what I want to know on the site. Who's going to deliver it and to whom? What's the end-goal figure for signatures? I know the new goal on there is 200, but I can't believe whoever is in charge of it is going to stop there, are they? ...
I want to sign the petition to stop offshoring, and also put it on my FB page for others to see, but I'm worried my company is monitoring this and will find a reason to fire me. Are others worried about this? ...
Got a call today from the Dept of Labor and the nice lady said I was entitled to educational benefits of $27,000.00 and/or if I got a job for, let's say, $10.00 an hour "they" would pay me $5 more because of something to do with MModal and NA Free Trade; that MModal was "adversely effected" (her words) because of outsourcing----that Americans are now missing out on jobs, etc., ect.....Really didn't know what to make of all what she was saying, but I told her to send me the paperwork. S ...
New petition # is 85182. It is currently awaiting a decision.
Our previous petition expired the end of March. Hopefully the new petition will be approved. ...
http://www.ahdi-west.org/advocacy/petition-letter-to-legislators/
All MTs who want this to continue to be a viable career, please go read this letter and electronically sign it If they get enough sigs, they can submit the petition.
Can't hurt. ...
As many of you know, EMR companies charge fees upwards of 15,000 dollars to allow transcription companies to integrate with them. This barrier to entry will lead to us all being replaced by voice recognition or point and click unless we all do something.
There is no reason transcriptionists can not co-exist with EMR's. Doctors still need someone to type their records up for them. It is simply a faster and a more efficient use of resources to keep us in the loop. Eliminating these EMR fees ...
Not sure how much good it will do, but here is something interesting. I guess it can't hurt either. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/prohibit-shoring-jobs-decrease-unemployment-keep-financial-health-personal-information-safe-usa/hl0t92Mg?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl ...
I am increasingly disgusted and appalled over what this industry has turned into and what the big MTSOs are getting away with at the expense of our ranks. I don't know if it will have any effect, but I would like to do something to try. I would like to start a petition through Change.org and state our plight. This would include the need for wage standards including a minimum wage mandate as well as the offshoring problem and how it is affecting our economy as well as us, f ...
Please sign this petition, just found it on the White House site and it has a long way to go to get recognized and responded to.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/bring-back-all-united-states-medical-record-transcription-be-performed-only-us-us-medical/TJzSQpZq ...
The petition was submitted early this year. This is the denial of TAA benefits and the reasons for denial. If you feel the situation has changed it can be appealed by any employee, soon to be ex-employee or former employee per DOL.
“The investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed on March 7, 2013 by a state workforce official on behalf of workers of Nuance Transcription Services, a subsidiary of Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts (subjec ...
Hi!
I just signed the petition "Joint Commission: Petition the Joint Commission to develop medical transcription and documentation standards." on Change.org.
It's important. Will you sign it too? Here's the link:
http://www.change.org/petitions/joint-commission-petition-the-joint-commission-to-develop-medical-transcription-and-documentation-standards?share_id=mbSfJURsfk&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
Thanks!
Wendy ...
Just in case the link doesn't work here it is...
http://www.change.org/petitions/joint-commission-petition-the-joint-commission-to-develop-medical-transcription-and-documentation-standards
This petition is very well written and will go straight to the Joint Commission. Thanks! ...
An ex-Axolotl/Optum Insight employee was looking for 3 others to sign a petition for TAA. I didn't sign at the time, but am now interested in signing. I've checked January archives and I don't see the post. Archives showing Jan-Mar and not prior. ...