A Call for Fair Pay & Fair Work

12 years ago Featured

I personally have gone to HR to question why I am not being paid OT for hours worked I live in a state were my position doesn't not meet exemption requirements regardless of what the Company may say, I also signed a form when I was first hired stating I am eligible for OT however what concerns me is if I try to put more than 40 hours my time card is rejected. I work on average close to 50 hours a week. I' m often working on my vacation days/ days off ...That's stealing

You can spout all you want about legalities and how its great. No one gets paid what they deserve. This is true. Everyone will ALWAYS want more money for the average person. However, I like having a job as well. To me, it is not a fear of LG leaving, it is an inevitability. Look at it this way. Lets say LG needs to have something done on the spur of a moment with a turn around time of 48 hours because of a critical issue. Now it will need to go through the Union. Time lost while they debate if it is ok. Eventually what LG will say is they will leave the contract. What saves us now is that their is a HUGE launch and they cant afford to leave. Now, if you want to talk about overtime, you can also quote that our work agreements also talk about the fact that we are salaried to accomplish tasks. There have been times people did less than 40 hours of work and got paid for 40 hours. Unfortunately there are times it is over 40 hours without overtime pay. So now what would happen is we would need to go hourly. So how would we clock in and what would count as on clock? Most likely just time in store, but that is solely my opinion. But regardless, now everything will need to be accounted for, time in store, travel time, report time, etc. So everything will be very closely monitored. So if you reported you were in a store for 60 min but only monitored 59, guess what you are falsifying company records. I am not saying this is a bad thing at all. Change definitely does need to be made and I am fed up as well. However, you really need to think of the bigger picture rather than rallying troops during a troubling time. Play the "what if" game. Think of what you would want changed, how you think it would be changed, and what repercussions will happen. At the end of the day, if I was LG, I would leave the contract too. There could be lawsuits all day long, but LG could easily prove that it isnt because of the Union, but because of missed goals and needs from them at this poin

In an attempt to answer an email from someone concerned about the contract being dropped I attempted to respond. Sadly it appears the email address [email protected] has been blocked because nearly every email address failed to send. For that reason I've posted my email reply below. 1. I know for a fact that management has already been notified of this petition by someone and they think it's funny. This tells me one simple fact. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT US! They don't care if you work over 40 hours and don't make overtime, they don't care that you are paid lower than peers in the rep industry, they don't care if the duties and goals constitute working more than 8 hours per day. Simply put if they think this petition is funny, they don't care.about you. 2. There are several people within LG who feel sad for us considering the pay scale. They know Marketstar doesn't pay people what they are worth. 3. LG has no reason to drop the contract because we desire union representation. LG does not employ us, Create employs us. Nothing is negotiated with LG. In my personal and professional experience there are several major companies across the planet who use contract companies much like Create/Marketstar and it's employees are unionized. Companies such as Lockheed Martin, Intel, Verizon, AT&T, Honeywell, Comcast, Sprint, Intel, General Dynamics, and Time Warner Cable have and continue to use a contract company or companies which have unionized employees. How about thinking of it positively what if LG says "Shame on you MarketStar/Create, fix this now"! Maybe you should read this on LG's website if you are scared LG might drop the contract http://www.lg.com/global/sustainability/employee/labor-rights-protection Labor Rights Protection "LG Electronics guarantees employees’ basic labor rights including freedom to associate and right to negotiate. It is highly praised for its fine labor-management relationship based on the labor union’s fulfillment

Hiding behind a fake name? Kind of like the pot calling the kettle black isn't it? Unless your real name is El Gee, but I highly doubt it. I've chosen to "hide" behind my real name because I don't want tons of phones calls and emails asking questions. Trust me, eventually you will learn my identity. A majority of people who've signed the petition signed it with their true names which can only be seen by me. So far only one person has started a discussion topic with their real name. Why would the client care if we are union? You must not know there are quite a few LG employees who feel the conditions and pay are deplorable, which leads me to believe either one of the below 1. You are fairly new to the team (6 months - 1.5 years) 2. You are not a Product Specialist, Trainer, NRBA, nor BA. LG as our client would have no reason to drop Create/Marketstar just because it's employees desire union representation. There are several companies in the United States like Marketstar/Create which have unionized teams working on contract for client companies. In my experience here are the ones I've personally have had experience with such as Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Intel, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable. LG doesn't employ us, they do not have a voice in this, and for that matter neither does MarketStar. Please educate yourself on the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) and the National Labor Relations Act started by Congress in the 1930s. I posted a discussion on this earlier today, if you read it it may calm some of your fears. As far as taking the lower pay than industry standard, no overtime over 40 hours, and work duties that require more than a 8 hour day to Lance and Anthony, you evidently haven't tried this yourself. Many people who've signed this petition have heard the phrase "If you don't like it, you can quit". El Gee if you truly have a complaint about your salary and/or work conditions please b

@Telecom Union, can you answer your emails please?

For those of you who are scared please read the following and share with your fellow co-workers who are gripped with fear. If you don't know your rights, they are usually trampled on without your knowledge, then taken away without you knowing. Read the section RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES at http://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act for your convenience it is summarized below taken from their website. The NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy. The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions. Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) you have the legal right to form a union in your workplace. Section 7: "Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representation of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining . . . ." Sec. 8. [§ 158.] (a) [Unfair labor practices by employer] It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer-- (1) to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 7 [section 157 of this title]; (2) to dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization or contribute financial or other support to it: Provided, That subject to rules and regulations made and published by the Board pursuant to section 6 [section 156 of this title], an employer shall not be prohibited from permitting employees to confer with him during working

12 years ago Featured

I've been hearing that some people are afraid of what might happen if we decide to unionize. That is an understandable concern but based on F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real). To those who are unhappy with the current status quo while yet not doing anything to make the situation better, you have no right to complain about the current work situations and pay. And most of all you should be happy and pleased to hear what many of us have been told when we speak our opinions to management, "If you aren't happy, you can quit". If you are unhappy about the current work conditions and you decide to not sign this petition, what will you do, nothing?

If you know anyone over there please give them this web address. They are welcome to sign the petition as well. I hope to get a distribution list for them soon.

This needs to be sent to HA/HE as well

I believe Anonymous might be right. If you don't mind M. can you copy the url web address and paste it into another web browser? Don't log into your account if you've created one. Just sign the petition as if you are a new signature.

You are welcome!! No thanks needed. This should have been done long ago.

Whoever set this up, Thank you very much.

I thought you Trainers were happy. And you've been on the team for YEARS. Why are you still here?

Maybe you can't see it if you've already signed it. I just signed it and I see it on the right hand side of the screen.

Not seeing questions

A poster by the name of "Mike" mentioned the distribution list for PS was old by more than a few months. Feel free to email an updated list to [email protected] I strongly suggest you use your personal email to send this distribution list. Alternately feel free to share this link http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/call-to-unionize-our-team with anyone on your team whom you feel was accidently omitted.

If you signed the position on July 22, 2014 can you please answer the 4 questions under "Sign the Petition"

Can you send an updated distribution list to [email protected] or feel free to discuss and forward this web address to your peers http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/call-to-unionize-our-team

Yes. The email you read was sent in groups to separate account teams.

The email I received only contained the Training Team. Will others be added to know about this?