Dedicated Memorial Parents Group
Opinion
RE: Southwestern Company and
Again the Southwestern
Company is trying to destroy a piece of Wisconsin legislation that was designed
specifically to protect Wisconsin kids and homeowners from crimes associated
with the traveling door to door sales industry. They bring attorneys from the
Direct Selling Association, high priced Lobbyists, recruiters, parents of kids
that have worked for Southwestern and the sales agents themselves all to blabber
on about what a wonderful company they have and how the SB-80 will affect their
so called “business model.” But when Kristen Rae Spicer testified in front of
the Senate Committee on
In reality the SB-80
legislation is not about the Southwestern Company, it is about the safety and
well being of
When Southwestern Company
complains that this legislation will hurt their “business model” what they are really
saying is that it will hurt their pocketbook. Currently the sales agents who
work for Southwestern are treated as “independent contractors” and as such have
no minimum wage, no health insurance, no workers compensation, and no company
benefits whatsoever. This working status puts the Southwestern sales agents
into the exact same category as the traveling magazine sales agents who are
treated as indentured servants and slaves. We believe that giving a human being
rights and the ability to make a minimum wage far outweighs the status of
indentured servant. We also believe that the safety and well being of
Updated
Recently I was asked if I
thought that Southwestern Company was a scam. Here is my response:
In my opinion - worse than
being a scam the Southwestern Company is exploiting young college kids. Working
them 80 hours a week while controlling their every move. This mode of labor is
currently known as slavery or indentured servitude. Being independent contractors
the kids have absolutely no rights, no minimum wage, no
health insurance. The independent contractor model affords Southwestern two
very important advantages. First Southwestern pays nothing to their hard
working indentured servants while pulling in the profits from their labor and
second if one of the kids breaks the law Southwestern simply points out that
the kid does not actually work for Southwestern because he/she is an
independent contractor. We call this "business model"
: The dirty business of sales by exploitation without legal
entanglement.
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For more detailed information
on the Southwestern Company please visit the following website:
www.southwesterncompanytruth.com
