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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 05:26 PM
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Indiana call center workers walk off job rather than read McShame dribble
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/dozens_of_call_center_workers.php

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 , `If you all leave, you're not gonna get paid for the rest of the day."

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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 05:28 PM
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1. I wish I could work at their call center for a day.
:D



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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 05:28 PM
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2. Glad to hear this. The people are awakening! nt
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whathehell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 06:15 PM
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3. Way to go, Indiana call center workers!! n/t/
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 06:17 PM
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4. Republican relatives and friends can vote on the 5th
if they want to vote for McCain. Obama said that.
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Psst_Im_Not_Here Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-08 09:57 PM
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5. Americall pushed polled me here in CO
I reported it to the Obama camp!
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