Monday, October 27, 2008

A REAL "FEEL GOOD" STORY

I liked the one about the dog who wouldn't leave the newborn kittens behind but this story is more imporant: people working in a call center refused to spread lies about Obama. They weren't fired but they did lose a day's pay and from my experience, these people really can't afford to lose the money.
Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama
By Greg Sargent - October 27, 2008, 5:18PM
TPM
Election Central

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.

I suspect that John Dollinger of Parker Consulting in Tucson would've gladly fired the people instead of letting them sacrifice a day's pay.

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