seabass Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Obama campaign workers angry over unpaid wages He's got the brothers all riled up Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd. The line was long and the crowd was angry at times. "I want my money today! It's my money. I want it right now!" yelled one former campaign worker. A former spokesman for the Obama campaign said 375 people were hired as part of the Vote Corps program and said people signed up to work three-hour shifts at a time. Three hours of canvassing got workers a $30 pre-paid Visa card. The workers showed up to get their cards Wednesday morning at 10:00 am. "There was a note on the door saying 1:00 pm and then at 1:20 pm everybody was like why is nobody here. They just got here and they're trying to get it organized," said Heather Richards, a former campaign worker. The large gathering of around 375 people prompted police to call in extra officers and set up temporary barricades. The barricades helped keep the crowd from spilling out onto Meridian Street. Police say the several hundred people in line were for the most part orderly. "No arrests. Some of the people were upset at first because the line wasn't moving as fast as they thought it should. But we really haven't had any problems," said Major Darryl Pierce, Metro Police. Eventually people did start getting paid, but some said they were missing hours and told to fill in paperwork making their claim and that eventually they would get a check in the mail. "Still that's not right. I'm disappointed. I'm glad for the president, but I'm disappointed in this system," said Diane Jefferson, temporary campaign worker. "It should have been $480. It's $230," said Imani Sankofa. "They gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin. "I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon. Some people weren't satisfied with filling out a claim form for money they felt was still due to them. "They say that they gonna call you or they going to mail it to you, but I don't know. We'll see what happens," said Antron Grose. "Talking about they'll mail it to us. I ain't worried about that, man. They're not going to mail nothin'," said Martin. --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnmagician Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 He's got the brothers all riled up somehow the post is saying more about you, than him. Eggy 10-13 LAA 7-14 50-50 2-15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BW Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Why are they pissed, if they were truly Obama supporters, they should have been well aware of the "redistribution of wealth" idiology... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Williams Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 I don't know what she was bitchin about. There were people who weren't working at all that needed the money more than she did, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmofftarki Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 They were supposed to get 10 dollars an hour... and got half that ie. $5.00 an hour or less. ........... ie. Less than the national minimum wage. Good 4 u berry. Quote:Originally Posted by Mark LevinLiberals tell you the government sucks, and they want more of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitter Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Wow.... they had to wait less than 48 hours to get paid. I`d be mad to! (*member formerly known as 'Skitterpop') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltydawg Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 "I worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should have earned," said Randall Waldon. I think the lesson is take your expectations of the next 4 years and cut them in half and you won't be disappointed. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I think the lesson is take your expectations of the next 4 years and cut them in half and you won't be disappointed. Half would be 100% more than we got under the Republicans. They did bupkiss. "I think, that all right thinking people, are sick & tired of being told that they're sick & tired of being sick & tired. I, for one, am not. And I'm sick & tired of being told that I am." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Williams Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I think the lesson is take your expectations of the next 4 years and cut them in half and you won't be disappointed. Half, huh? I think you have an unrealistically glass-half-full expectation there, Salty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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