Michele Bachmann, wage thief

[marmar]

AlterNet / By Alex Kane

375 Days Later, Michele Bachmann's Failed Presidential Campaign Still Hasn't Paid Her Staff in Full
Salon reports that staffers from Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) failed presidential campaign last year have not received the full amount of money they’re owed.

January 11, 2013 |


Staffers from Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) failed presidential campaign last year have not received the full amount of money they’re owed, according to a former campaign staffer.

Salon’s Alex Seitz-Wald reports that “ Peter Waldron, her controversial former national field coordinator, told Salon the dispute started when former Iowa straw poll staffers refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement that would bar them from discussing any ‘unethical, immoral, or criminal activity’ they witnessed on the campaign with police or reporters.”

Waldrontold Salon that the staff members are only owed $5,000, and that Bachmann has upwards of $2 million in her campaign account. But she is refusing to pay because the staffers have not signed the non disclosure agreement.

The demand for an nondisclosure agreement stems from a dispute over the Bachmann’s campaign alleged misuse of an e-mail list during the 2012 presidential campaign. “A home-schooling group accused the Bachmann campaign of stealing the list, which was contained on a volunteer’s laptop, and then using it to fundraise for the campaign,” Seitz-Wald explains. “The home-schooling group has sued the campaign and Waldron said there is also a criminal investigation pending, explaining that he spoke with police about the incident ‘several times.’” ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/375-days-later-michele-bachmanns-failed-presidential-campaign-still-hasnt-paid-her

[Enrique]

1. how common is this?

i have never heard of such a thing, the way it's worded it sounds like a disclaimer that your boss is going to be a crook.

refused to sign a nondisclosure agreement that would bar them from discussing any ‘unethical, immoral, or criminal activity’ they witnessed on the campaign with police or reporters.”

[RomneyLies]

11. You cannot contractually require somebody to not discuss illegal activity with the police

that one requirement would nullify the entire NDA.

[tanyev]

2. Ms. Bachmann, someone who has done nothing wrong has no need to require such an agreement.

What's the real story here?

[jorno67]

6. you forgot your sarcasm thingy...

Here, use mine

[dballance]

3. Why The Hell Would ANY Campaign Need Such An Agreement?

The agreement is tacitly implying the campaign was going to do things unethical, immoral, or criminal. Any ethical, moral person would certainly refuse to sign that agreement.

[reteachinwi]

4. Wage thief

"It is sobering to think that a Christian member of Congress would betray her testimony to the Lord and the public by withholding earned wages from deserving staff," Dr. Waldron concluded.
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/3921071234.html

Apologies for going all Christian on you.


James 5:4 (NRSV)

“Listen! The wages of laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.”

Maybe this explains her wide eyed vacuousness.

[Fumesucker]

12. Dr Waldron is too precious by half

Anyone surprised by this behavior hasn't been paying attention for roughly forever.

"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons" -Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Angry Dragon]

5. so they refused to sign an illegal non-disclosure

bachmann should be thrown in prison

[nyquil_man]

7. Paying would give them an incentive to continue backing batshit losers.

That's how cheapskate conservatism works, right Michele?

[BarbaRosa]

8. I wonder if someone might figure the information they have

is worth more that wages owed?

just wondering

[EssexBorn99]

9. wheres my money bitch?

[davesliberal1977_gg]

10. Why doesn't this news surprise me?

I mean Bachmann is a batshit fundie loon, with no real integrity, just like most of the GOP these days. Why would anyone expect her to treat her own staffers fairly?