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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
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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dayum. Mcain stooping to new levels
They should have hired "Real Americans".
They just need to go those pro american areas!
Wait, wait, wait... isn't Indiana supposed to be one of those "Pro American" places?
The "Real American's" aren't even "Real American's"...
"McCain wants us to say obama is soft on crime..."
boo ing hoo...
they should all be fired and not allowed to come back.
They should have outsourced the job to India.
+1
The fact that they even want to come back is hypocritical.
Like it or not, those people are paid to do a job. If they don't want to do their precribes legal work, then they should be fired. Afterall, they are willing to invade people homes by unwelcome solicitation calls, then act as if they are takling the high ground? It's a slimball job, and if they are willing to do such work, they don't deserve to pick what they say.
Like clockwork.
The McCain campaign feels the same way about Palin.
desperate
Yeah, instead they hired a bunch of lazy assed Democrats who look for any excuse not to work. Can't get any good help these days.
boss can fire at any time for any reason
worker can quit at any time for any reason
So why is WC faulting the worker? Because he's a fascist.
They didn't quit, just protested is the way I read it.
they should be fired, but more than likely too many big words in
the script and they didn't know how to pronounce them.
So the workers took a half day off. How is this a story? If you think all 30 or 40 left work due to the "protest", you've never worked a menial job before."If you all leave, you're not gonna get paid for the rest of the day."
timvp gets it!
VTO baby.
and the Obama folks carry the same sentiment for Biden - now that he has reduced that tax break down to $150K.
Biden knows what he's talking about 90% of the time... Palin on the other hand...
90% of the time ? is that based on your Einstein-like opinion ? Is there a zogby or Rass. poll ?
This is actually from me watching the VP debate... You know, public appearances by the candidates so you get to know them and what they think?
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