http://www.whittierhealth.com/…
As a condition of employment my wife was told to sign an arbitration agreement. That at least is the sum total of what I know right now.
“If you didn’t sign it, they would not give you any hours”.
“Did you get a copy of it?” I asked her.
“No, it’s so you can’t sue them if “something” happens”.
High on the list in this “post 911 world” is of course the 14 defining characteristics of fascism. This particular example comes under the heading Corporate Power Protected/Labor Power Supressed. In the vastly remote possibilities of
1) The Whitter company did something so wrong and it adversely affected my wife and
2) It was so bad we would be left with zero choice but to hire a lawyer I can’t afford plus put up with the inconvienience of a regular court proceeding.
Instead my wife would have to see Judge Judy?
I mean ya, after all we are just peasants of corpo-world.
Dear God, by now they may own your house and firstborn child!
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p>Having a copy for both parties of ANY legal document is to protect BOTH SIDES.
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p>Did they deny her, or did she feel like not bothering?
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p>(I’m sorry, that sounded harsh, and I don’t mean it harshly – it seems coercive to have somebody sign something and then not give a copy – what happens in 6 months when that $500,000 raise she remembers from when she read it kicks in?)
their jobs. As such they dare not rock the boat. The RNs and LPNs are the most educated among the staff but that is in the specialty of medicine and not law. It is a sign of the advancement of the two tiered justice system, one for those who can afford lawyers and those who avoid them at all costs, knowing they can’t pay.
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p>I did call the attorney general. Did I get an answer? No.
One has to fill out a complaint form which says they will contact the employer, again classic boat rocking. For what, a $13 an hour job?