Issue No 74 | 20 October 2000 | |
NewsBodgy Telemarketers Face Union Wrath
The ASU, backed by the Labor Council, is taking on the exploitative practice of companies hiring people for 'training' then requiring them to perform telemarketing duties for free.
ASU Secretary Luke Foley says these companies have been targeting young people, mainly in the western suburbs of Sydney, with the promise of a high paying career. 'We are currently taking up the case of a group of young people who were offered jobs, then asked to pay $595 for 'training' and then worked for months telemarketing without payment of any kind,' he says. 'Not only did these people not receive any wages their training money which most of them had to borrow was not refunded and the experience did not lead to any paying job with the company.' One of the women on the wrong end of a scam, Heidi Oncur, urged Labor Council delegates for their support last night. 'We weren't given a chance because it was a scam from the beginning. There are about 80 others involved. It was conducted out west targeting people like mothers and young people leaving school trying to make a career. For them it's a big kick in the guts,' she said Michael Costa threw the weight of the Labor Council behind the ASU. 'It is outrageous, a complete disgrace. The community will support us in wiping out this bastard behaviour. Heidi asked supporters to show their support outside the NSW Industrial Relations Commission in Phillips Street on Monday at 9am when her case will be heard.
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