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Posted: Jan 21, 2015

about MTs being outsourced. Scroll down to the bottom to add your comment.

http://www.harlandaily.com/news/news/151371514/ARH-outsourcing-jobs

harlan daily outresourced - starvingmt

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i did make my comment to the editor of the paper

definitely worth commenting on... - we all need to speak up. NM

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to OP - sm

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Are you familiar with this newspaper? Do you know whether the reporter who wrote the article even reads the comments and how likely he is to follow up on the story, or at least respond to the comments? Just wondering.

that article got 4692 views since the 19th - nana7

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4692 people read the article and I am sure the comments also. So what difference does it make if the reporer reads the comments or not? It's bringing attention to the country of what is happening in our industry. Maybe, just maybe 1 reader is in a position to do something for us. Maybe not, but at least those of us that commented can say we tried.

I would have thought the comment section would have been loaded by now with all of us commenting and it's not.

So that tells me that most of you just want to sit here and complain and wait for someone to come knocking at your door with a fix. Do you get 4692 views on your posts here on MT Stars?

what difference does it make if the reporter reads the comments? - SM

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Perhaps the reporter would further follow up this article and write another article outlining the employee concerns, comments from the hospital system administrators regarding those concerns, etc., followed by yet another article about how many U.S. employees are affected by offshoring.

yeah he might if there were hundreds of comments - nana7

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rigth now it just looks like a few disgruntled people so won't get much attention. They will blow us off. If everyone who comes on MT Stars posts their experience they had with MTSOs then maybe that will raise a few eyebrows. Hell, he has his phone number what about calling him. What about just doing something other than complaining and feeling sorry for yourselves.

He also has his email address on there. - NM

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TV now involved in story - see link

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http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/mobile/headlines/Labor-union-opposes-ARH-outsourcing-289369441.html

agree with Nana 7 - sm

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I agree that more MTs should comment. Let's flood those comment boxes!

I disagree about what difference it makes if the reporter reads the comments. It could make a huge difference if he writes more columns, thus bringing even more attention to the country of what is happening in our industry.

you are right. That would be great - nana7

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if he decided to look into this further and maybe help our cause. But my point was even if he doesn't we can still bring attention to our situation just by posting. 4692 people who may have not known anything at all about transcriptionists will now know about us and our situation. We need to use the words like sweat shops, free work, and all those words to describe our working conditions that might get someone's attention. People need to know there are sweat shops right here in their own backyard.

Thats all I meant by it.

you need to read a comment - nana7

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Very well written, very informative, verly cold. Someone higher up defiitely wrote that comment and puts M-Modal to shame.

Pretty much none of the transcriptionists are going with M-Modal. And to answer a question that keeps coming up on this board is does the hospital know they outsource to India. The million dollar answer is yes they know and don't care.

need to read a comment - sm

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Going to check it out now. Which comment are you referring to?

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