Workers of the World, Unite!

• How to keep employees - Here is a novel idea
  • Great idea... - Truth
  • Those are big shoes to fill - diddles
  • They don't care (sm) - No sirree
    • we CAN get a union - anon
      • But how would it work if it is not (sm) - Question
      • Union for MTs - nn
        • Union - Barry Watts
        • Is the NWU offering medical insurance again? - diddles
        • Please explain. I went to that website sm - me
          • you can join, no problem. If you write, you can join. nm - diddles
        • OH WOW - Thank you SO MUCH
  • Strike - Anonymous
    • its one thing for the MTA to strike - they will not lose their jobs - anonymous
      • lose our jobs? - anon
  • Unfortunately, the country seems headed toward rich, or poor, period. - lingoMT
    • This is a socialistist society. They just don't want to use the "S" word. - SM
      • disappearance of the middle class... - lingoMT
        • Workers of the World, Unite! - Barry Watts
        • Not really. The middle class is necessary - to support the welfare people and to pick up the slack f - nm,
          • (cont'd from posting above) pick up the slack from the rich's tax loopholes! - yep, they need the middle class
    • Very true - They want us to believe we are COMPLETE idiots
  • Here is a novel idea - Very, very well said!!!!
    • Yes please go on - YOU CAN GET AND KEEP EMPLOYEES
      • Also well said - Boy, you hit it right on the money.

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Somehow, what I saw on GMA  translated into opportunity for India.  Hmmm.  Also found a reference to a reduced rate for the CMT exam in India.  Is this fair?  Not in my book.

http://mtindia.info/news/latest/get-a-job-work-at-home.html

In my non-attorney opinion (I am NOT and never have been an attorney or paralegal and I am NOT giving legal advice) and knowing that Transtech will be reading this, I, for one, will give you any support you need.  Their case is not worth your time, but you are stuck with it.  Since I know that some attorneys can nickel and dime a client to death, here are some things you might want to have with you when you visit your attorney.  (I realize you may already be in the process of compiling this information and I do not mean to be presumptuous, I just want to help.  I know when my brain is processing a million things, I sometimes forget some basic ones and am thankful when someone reminds me.  Please take this as an offer of help.) 

1.  Copies of ALL your posts from May of 2009 to July 29, 2009.

2.  Copies of all the posts for the other five user names alleged by TransTech from May of 2009 to July 9, 2009, especially the one they referenced about the “CEO.”  You may have to contact MTStars to see if you can get them to confirm that your e-mail is not connected to those posts. 

3.  Copies of all the POSITIVE posts about working at TransTech. 

With regard to TransTech’s statement:  “These defamatory posts have affected TransTech’s reputation in the industry and have damaged it financially as well as by causing prospective employees not to pursue job opportunities with TransTech.”

1.  Print out as many negative posts about other MTSOs (MQ, Webmedx, Spheris, Focus), especially if there are any from the other five user names that they allege in the lawsuit.

2.  See if maybe MTStars would allow you to run a petition to disprove TransTech’s statement “…by causing prospective employees not to pursue job opportunities with TransTech.”  Any Medical Transcriptionist/Editor Job Seeker who reads ANY post (on MTStars or any other Board) knows that, beyond a shadow of a doubt, there are lovers and haters.  There are as many cheerleaders as there are detractors.  Every Job Seeker knows to take anything posted with a grain of salt and we all know that the truth lies somewhere in the middle.  I, for one, am currently looking for employment and I, for one, would sign a petition stating that nothing I read on MTStars, pro or con, influences my decision as to whether or not I would apply at TransTech (or any other MTSO for that matter)  if they advertise a job opening.  If you can get 50 or 100 other Medical Transcriptionists to sign a petition stating that your posts had no influence on them as far as pursuing job opportunities, that part of TransTech’s allegations would be proven to be without merit. 

There is no Medical Transcriptist Union, but that does not mean that the approximately 100,000 Medical Transcriptionists in the United States will not stand up for each other, especially when it comes to Free Speech.  We have to show the MTSOs that we do watch each other’s backs and no MTSO can get away with suing an individual Medical Transcriptionist without insulting us all.

frequent this board. How is pay, benefits, work load. Still owned by Tampa couple?

have been protected from the realities of the world for decades now.  I have contact with them daily-you should hear them cry and complain over having to pay $4 a pay period to cover their family's health insurance.  Co-pay for a Rx went up from $2 to $5?  Oh, the complaining about what a raw deal they get.

These people all have cottages to summer in, multiple vehicles for business, leisure and sports and the rest of us have slaved.  No company EVER promised to take care of its employees for life.  We MTs have known that for years and now these people also can find this out.

You just summed that up for me.  I am glad you told the truth in that you like using slaves to transcribe who are none the wiser. 

As an IC, I choose my own hours, days, lines, etc.  You as an MTSO consider that whining, when it is the law. 

So if you sleep at night knowing you are abusing and mistreating offshore workers, then good for you!  It actually just proves you have no heart.

Another point I'd like to make is that if you need subs to make you money, you must be a horrible Transcriptionist yourself. 

Any doctor that old me he doesn't care who types, when, and how would be off of my list of good doctors and I wouldn't waste my time.  That doctor obviously doesn't care about people but only his own pocket and that would include you as the MTSO.  That same doctor that told you he/she doesn't care will drop you as an MTSO in a minute when he/she finds a better deal.

Always remember, we reap what we sow.  Try and have a good day, master!

I've heard nice things, read nice things.  Do you like working here?  Do you enjoy the work?  Set your own hours and workload?

TIA!

Spheris Inc. of Franklin, Tennessee, has hired 300 people for its new center in Coimbatore, in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, and plans to add another 700 workers in the next year, company president and chief executive Steven Simpson told reporters.

How do you think you would feel if you spent  most of your adult life working for one of these companies promising you security if you stayed with them.

retirement check for the rest of their life.  It is a great organization.  There may be strikes, but usually get it resolved in a reasonable amount of time and with MUCH better PAY and BENEFITS. 

Only from my experience with union workers.

 MT-World is now ATSI - American Transcription Solutions.  Good company, but a lot of turnover in the office.  Lots of work right now.

did they buy an MT school?  I have my thoughts about that.  Mostly that they are trying to get rid of the older (higher paid) transcriptionists.

Whether it is a true town hall meeting, and we get to speak, is yet to be seen.  In the past they told us to mute ourselves, and they just said what they said.

When I first started in this business and on this board, there was never a bad post. Everyone helped everyone with  questions, etc.

Lately, with the economy and the world the way it is, plus the fact that MTs don't get recognition for their GOOD work and, of course, let's not forget the crappy pay, there are a lot of unhappy people out there.

I read an article in the newspaper today that stated in a capitalist nation, greed is good if it serves a purpose; i.e., jobs and prosperity; but if greed gets out of control; i.e., bonuses for the upper echelon and nothing for the true workers, then the role of capitalism is in the toilet. This is what is happening in our nation today and everyone is either worried about their job or trying to stay afloat with all the negativity in the job market and so, the nastiness prevails and turns into the dog-eat-dog world we all fought against a few years ago.

Things will turn around again, but it will take years of trial and error now. Whether it will be good or bad will depend on the attitude of the people and government.

I don't mean to turn this into a political post but I, myself, have been biting my tongue towards some posters and just trying to live my life the best I can. With DH only working 80 days this year and not able to collect unemployment, I am the total breadwinner, so it makes me a little sarcastic and/or mean, but not enough to post nasty messages....YET.

You have to let the negativity go in one ear and out the other and move on.