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Saturday, September 01, 2018

Many City of Salisbury Maryland Employees In Fear For Their Jobs If They Don't Volunteer For Folked Festival

They were complaining they are all being forced to volunteer for the folk festival and are not being paid or given paid time off in return. No one has said they have to. But the department heads are using senior people to leak information and push rumors there will be reprisals if you don't volunteer. They were complaining they had to go to a meeting unpaid Thursday night about it at 7.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

If volunteering is mandatory with sanctions if you don't, then it's not really volunteering.

Anonymous said...

Funny enough these retaliation strongarm tactics are often employed when its time to donate to the United Way

More than once I have been subtly threatened if I did not donate. I handed them a quarter and walked away.

Anonymous said...

Violation of labor laws. File a complaint and clean Day’s clock.

Anonymous said...

If they would have come forward sooner and signed a partition and let it be known there would have been no reprisals. But to cower and then complain about it garnishes no sympathy.

Anonymous said...

Ditto 10:08. Forced community service is flagrant violation. Any uncompensated time is violation. City is inviting trouble and deserve what they get. And I hope they're nailed if this is accurate.

Anonymous said...

F.L.S.A. Look it up.

Anonymous said...

Typical socialist evolution:
1. Talk about how you are for the people, being fair, and kind to everyone

2. Tell people how the other side are bullies, uncaring, and power hungry

3. Gain power and exert that power on others. Force them to do things or threaten them.

This is the danger when socialists gain power. When they don’t have power they are an amusing sideshow. When they get power they become abusive and dangerous.

Anonymous said...

I'd love to sign that partition. Which wall do I use?

Anonymous said...

AAAAAAHHHHH no different than poultry companies that scheduled folks to "volunteer" at what was the Chicken Festival. It's a part of the job.

Anonymous said...

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Mayor Jake Day thank you for the photo op with me and your endorsement.


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Nice seeing Mr. Mayor out tonight!

Anonymous said...

"Funny enough these retaliation strong arm tactics are often employed when its time to donate to the United Way"

9:55, funny I was thinking this very thing from when employee by the State of Maryland, years back.

Guess nothing has changed...thanks.

Anonymous said...

Local lawyers will be all over this.

Anonymous said...

Yes yes!! If this is true someone will be willing to speak out. Let’s hear it! We finally can take down the city!

Anonymous said...

I’m sure some employees will volunteer, in an effort to brown nose and ass kiss, trying to impress someone,

Anonymous said...

Not true. If it were that bitch Corey would have snitched it out by now. That fat bitch can't do her job so she tries to get others in trouble.