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• Are there any companies that still just take volunteers - sm
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and donations from non-medical office equipment suppliers who are not threatened by unions, and want no part of the workings - they get a tax write-off, we get our supplies to get the word out.

NO ONE IS PAID.  NO MEMBERS WILL BE CHARGED FEES AS LONG AS WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS FROM NON-CONFLICT OF INTEREST SOURCES. 

STOP RANTING ABOUT UNIONS MAKING MONEY.  THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CASH INVOLVED HERE.  IT IS A TRADEOFF - DONATIONS FROM BUSINESSES FOR CHARITY TAX WRITE-OFFS FOR THE BUSINESSES, AND MTs VOLUNTEERING TIME TO SEND LETTERS, WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DONATE OFFICE SUPPLIES, AND TO CALL, VISIT AND WRITE TO SENATORS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE.  THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING AFTER JANUARY, 2009.

YOU ARE PROTESTING FAR TOO MUCH TO BE AN MT.

SERVICE OWNERS CHARGE:

$0.115 - $0.25 per line for full transcription of acute care on 24/7 accounts

$2.75 - $7.65 per report for full transcription of pathology, lab, specialty operative notes, plain film and interventional radiology

$0.097 - $0.125 per line for VR editing

OF THAT MONEY, MTS ARE RECEIVING

$0.85 - $1.25 per report full transcription

$0.06 - $0.115 per line full transcription

$0.035 - $0.06 per line for VR editing

AS OUR PRODUCTION BRINGS THE MONEY IN, WE DESERVE A LARGER CHUNK OF THE PROFITS - OFFICE STAFF CAN BE TRIMMED INSTEAD OF THE PRODUCTION STAFF.  IF A RECEPTIONIST MISSES A DAY OF WORK, ANYONE CAN ANSWER THE PHONE IN HER PLACE.  IF AN MT NEEDS A DAY OR SO OFF, PATIENT CARE CAN SUFFER BECAUSE AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF A HEALTH CARE TEAM IS UNAVAILABLE.

WE ARE STILL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE HEALTH CARE PICTURE.  DO NOT SELL YOURSELVES SHORT.

IF YOU ARE AGAINST UNIONS OR INITIATIVES, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT BEG THAT YOU RESEARCH, SPEAK TO OTHERS, EDUCATE YOURSELVES ABOUT WORKERS UNITED.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HERE; THEY'VE TAKEN ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM US. 

WE PROPOSE:

$1.25 PER REPORT TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs

$0.10 PER LINE TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs

$0.075 PER VR LINE EDITED IN THE U.S.A. BY U.S. MTs

Why are we willing to take less?  Health care is a thriving 24/7 industry here in the U.S. as long as we continue to vote against socialized medicine, government run healthcare programs (excepting Medicaid and Medicare).

We are spoken of in corporate meetings as UNITS, LINES PER HOUR, we do not have names to those earning $100K + per year, handing down crumbs to us.  We are deliverables, grunts, spoken of as too socially inept to work outside of our homes (we have witnessed these discussions).

As many other U.S. corporations are doing, drastically reducing corporate and management salaries, and paring redundancies will help the service owners to pay us those few pennies more per line, per report, that would give us the pride, the motivation, the enthusiasm we used to have for our trade.

Individually, we are each in this for ourselves - that is the very definition of capitalism in a democracy - WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?  When the payoff is bigger, results are usually bigger, as well.

Don't be ashamed to know that you, me, all of us - we deserve more respect and better wages.  We deserve not to be threatened and ridiculed, as it is against the law to do this to ANY employee in the USA. 

It is called a Union for lack of a better term - we do not have time to sit down and negotiate for years with the business owners. If we were to do that, we would remain at the bargaining table long after they've retired in Hawaii.

We need to work together, at least for now, in order to individually receive the respect and the pay that we deserve.

5 year olds learning to play soccer?  The ball is in play and no matter what the coahes say ALL the kids go running for the ball.  Maybe we are like that, masses of us going from company to company in search of work.  This company has a new account BOOM here we go.  Now it is out.  Let's go here. 

Yep, I think it is a big game someone is playing with us.  Not a particularly funny one either. 

Axolotl is a WONDERFUL company with great benefits and competitive pay.  We have maybe 100 MTs but are growing rapidly.

What type of work do they have?  Any op reports?  Appreciate any info. 

There are a lot of companies who do not use mttest, but with mttest you can submit your resume and then do the testing immediately.  This way the company has your resume and your testing to look at  at the same time.    I have submitted resumes via posted ads, or I have just posted my resume on the job wanted boards and have been contacted.  I was offered one position without any testing at all and even no interview prior to the offer.  My current position I was contacted from posting my resume and then they asked me to test. 

I'm sure companies don't have time to read all the resumes that come in because they can get upwards of 200 resumes when they post an opening.  I was once contacted by a company to submit my resume (don't know  where they got my name).  I did submit a resume and they sent me a letter via snail mail saying that I did not have enough experience, even though I had 10 years of experience more than they require and they were the ones who contacted me.   Some companies say they hold resumes for 6 months.   With so much competition for jobs I think companies now take the most experienced and the others get filed or tossed.  It is rare that a company contact you to let you know you didn't get the job. 

Apparently, I was one of the lucky ones who passed the Medgarde's transcription test. I received a call from the recruiter that told me I should be so lucky because the waiting list for their company is long and her calendar was booked for an official interview until two weeks from now.  At that time, they would have verified the MT school I listed I graduated from and have investigated me.  Also, when my two weeks come up, I would be given an hour long interview, 1/2 hour of the test would be general questions regarding things such as my computer and the next portion would be more indepth about medical termionology and transcribing.  Last, but not least, the recruiter told me I was lucky to get a call because most do not make it thus far.  Well, should I be waiting with bated breath for my interview in two weeks.