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We need to revolt... - but how?
Posted: Dec 03, 2014
I just don't know. I keep thinking about seeing that 20-cent tip on Reddit!
Labor Department? Change.org...some kind of petition? National news? Would an online journalist pick up our story?
The head of this company makes millions, and to do this right before Christmas is heartless to say the least.
Would appreciate thoughts & suggestions. Maybe it's just wishful thinking.
It's a start - sm
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What's their reasoning behind cutting lines - edited for VR? I dont get it.
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this is what I gathered.....sm - confused
[ In Reply To ..]I took it as their way of doing the 8/4 cpl thing. We always got less cpl for speech. They have done away with any base rate now. So they cannot pay 2 separate rates anymore for speech/regular. So I took it as.... if you have 1000 lines typed that counts normal. If you have another 500 as speech, they will not count it has 500 b/c those lines probably took you faster to do since their speech. So they divide them in half and count as "regular" lines. If that's what they did then it makes sense to me. BUT what doesn't make sense is if you are on a mostly speech account. Let's say you do 1000 lines edit for that check. They half it. So its 500. That lowers your LPH. The lower your LPH the lower your pay. THAT is where they seem to be screwing us over. If I have that correct.
It's a start - Thank you! - OP
[ In Reply To ..]Just sent them an email...fingers crossed!
dang we shoulda had this before! nm - confused
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slave labor - nana7
[ In Reply To ..]If you were to approach it with the news as our "for profit hospitals" are using American workers for slave labor they might listen.
They did a story about a huge company here selling some kind of T-shirts and using slave labor overseas. Maybe with the slave labor here on our soil they might want to talk about it. You never know until you try. To know what we have to know for this business and make only minimum wage blows my mind.
Need to revolt - Edward
[ In Reply To ..]Greta Van Sustern on FOX would be a good person to contact to see what kind of info we need for it to go on the air. She loves this kind of stuff. We have the proof with the 7 page printed document. We have our past pay statements. I am sickened over all of it!
Need to revolt - Fatigued Fingers
[ In Reply To ..]One of my FB friends is a national news person. I suggested this to her back in October but she didn't seem interested. Someone else might be, though.
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