Vote - The People, Yes
The People, Yes is a budding organization with the following short term goals:
And here is a picture Lisa Scheer took that Sean used on his blog. I have liked it so much both times I've seen it that I took the liberty of posting it here, too. Hope she won't mind.
To reach out to our neighbors on the other side of the digital divide and provide the necessary training and logistics for enabling a new online community of voices via blogging, podcasting, vlogging, etc. We plan on directly engaging with the homeless community and folk living at or below the poverty line, but will work with any Greensboro resident who would like to publish their point of view.
Sean Coon is (one of?) the leads of this org and is trying to get the word out about a funding opportunity that you can help with. From his blog post on the topic today:
Today is day two of the voting for Netsquared’s Technology Innovation Fund. If you haven’t yet stopped by to vote for The People, Yes, please do so. If we place, we’ll receive solid funding and development resources desperately needed to get us off the ground.
And here is a picture Lisa Scheer took that Sean used on his blog. I have liked it so much both times I've seen it that I took the liberty of posting it here, too. Hope she won't mind.
posted by Jill Williams at
2:51 PM
3 Comments:
thanks for helping, jill.
btw, i can't read the post, as the text is super tiny. is that on my end?
Just came across your blog. I wish you the best with this one.
As a former employee of the NC Dept of Labor, Wage & Hour in Raleigh, I can tell you that even if the minimum wage is increased, employers who break the law by not paying it, nothing will happen to them.
It is my belief based on what I saw on a daily basis for over 4 years, the idea in Raleigh is to make one phone call and send one letter to the employer and if there is no response, then the claim gets tossed. Wages are recovered, yes. Its just that everybody who has been screwed out of a paycheck isn't lucky. I dont think that it should be a matter of luck. I think they either enforce the laws or get rid of them. If it is so problematic for Wage & Hour to recover wages for working people, then either hire more workers, or fix the law so employers fear the wrath of the Dept of Labor. Right now employers know they have nothing to fear.
I was amazed at the number of employers in this state who do not even pay regular wages to their employees. Much less minimum wage.
This is a very serious problem in our state that nobody seems to want to address. The DOL claims they handle THOUSANDS of complaints a year. That is alot of people getting screwed out of their hard earned money.
I can only guess that at the MOST, over the past 5 years, only 3 cases have made it to the AG's office for actual litigation. It might be interesting to find out how many cases the Labor Section with the AG's office has actually taken to court for minimum wage violations or non-payment of wages.
As it stands now, the laws on the books in NC to enforce wage payment are useless words on paper. This is sad because there are people right now in prisons for less crimes. Screwing someone out of their hard earned money should be a felony, in my opinion.
Good luck with the crusade. I will keep checking back.
No problem, Sean. I've tried to make the font bigger. Let me know if it still looks too small on your screen.
Anon, thanks for your comments. I'm going to pull them up into a post so that others will be likely to read them. This is important information and I appreciate your contributing it to the discussion.
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