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Title: Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama
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URL Source: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpo ... ens_of_call_center_workers.php
Published: Oct 27, 2008
Author: Greg Sargent
Post Date: 2008-10-27 21:07:25 by catcher
Keywords: McCain, Obama, election
Views: 243
Comments: 9
Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents. Nina Williams, a stay-at-home mom in Lake County, Indiana, tells us that her daughter recently called her from her job at the center, upset that she had been asked to read a script attacking Obama for being "dangerously weak on crime," "coddling criminals," and for voting against "protecting children from danger." Williams' daughter told her that up to 40 of her co-workers had refused to read the script, and had left the call center after supervisors told them that they would have to either read the call or leave, Williams says. The call center is called Americall, and it's located in Hobart, IN. "They walked out," Williams says of her daughter and her co-workers, adding that they weren't fired but willingly sacrificed pay rather than read the lines. "They were told [by supervisors], `If you all leave, you're not gonna get paid for the rest of the day." The daughter, who wanted her name withheld fearing retribution from her employer, confirmed the story to us. "It was like at least 40 people," the daughter said. "People thought the script was nasty and they didn't wanna read it." A second worker at the call center confirmed the episode, saying that "at least 30" workers had walked out after refusing to read the script. "We were asked to read something saying [Obama and Democrats] were against protecting children from danger," this worker said. "I wouldn't do it. A lot of people left. They thought it was disgusting." This worker, too, confirmed sacrificing pay to walk out, saying her supervisor told her: "If you don't wanna phone it you can just go home for the day." The script coincided with this robo-slime call running in other states, but because robocalling is illegal in Indiana it was being read by call center workers. Representatives at Americall in Indiana, and at the company's corporate headquarters in Naperville, Illinois, didn't return calls for comment.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Some of that voting with your feet stuff that has been in short supply in the U.S. for a long time. I love it.
Our citizens do not deserve a President as good as Dr. Ron Paul. What they deserve is higher taxes, more government inefficiency, war, regulations and devalued currency.(me) "I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious numbers as we have." "I'm pro-choice.........on light bulbs!" I applaud these folks. We should never do those things that bruise our conscience.
Hey guys, give it to me and I will read it for free!
God is always good!
Considering they work for a telephone solicitation center, I wouldn't be too hasty to place the tag of altruism on them. They were just stumping for their candidate is all. This is what results when all the productive work is outsourced overseas. We need more rope.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx Uh...........noone........who you applauding? THink about it.......and its in Illinois..........could this be a put up deal? How many young folk can count higher than 10? How many of them folk dun gotta nuf morals ta have nuf sense ta refuse a few bucks, er dollars?
ROTFLMAO, Indie..........that 'great mind' moment just happened again. :)
LOL speaking of great minds. I'm waiting for the first black civil rights lawyer (parasite II) to step in and sue this company (parasite I).. for back pay for these poor abused workers (Hosts I). And of course Parasite III..the new messiah- attorney Obama..to make political hay from it.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx Based soley upon the information contained in the article I applauded their walk-out. I can't read their minds ... I suppose it's possible that they were paid to quit.
No argument from me !
Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama
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#2. To: catcher (#0)
#3. To: catcher (#0)
The daughter, who wanted her name withheld fearing retribution from her employer, confirmed the story to us. "It was like at least 40 people," the daughter said. "People thought the script was nasty and they didn't wanna read it."
#4. To: noone222, ALL (#2)
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These are the guys that should be outlawed altogether, robotic or not. 
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of its very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#5. To: noone222 (#2)
#6. To: IndieTX (#4)
#7. To: rowdee (#5)
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and its in Illinois..........could this be a put up deal? How many young folk can count higher than 10? How many of them folk dun gotta nuf morals ta have nuf sense ta refuse a few bucks
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of its very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#8. To: rowdee (#5)
How many young folk can count higher than 10? How many of them folk dun gotta nuf morals ta have nuf sense ta refuse a few bucks, er dollars?
#9. To: IndieTX (#4)
These are the guys that should be outlawed altogether, robotic or not.
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