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Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the waiting-for-a-jon-ives-designed-prison dept.

SwiftyNifty writes "Apple employees are putting together a class action lawsuit for not receiving overtime pay. A Lawsuit filed Monday in California seeks class action status alleging that Apple denied technical staffers required overtime pay and meal compensation in violation of state law. Filed in the US District Court for Southern California, the complaint claims that many Apple employees are routinely subjected to working conditions resembling indentured servitude, or 'modern day slaves,' for lack of better words."

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  1. who pays a cultist? by evilkasper · · Score: 5, Funny

    cultists don't get payed

    1. Re:who pays a cultist? by rodney+dill · · Score: 5, Funny

      iMhotep... iMhotep... iMhotep...

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    2. Re:who pays a cultist? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      YVAN EHT NOIJ

    3. Re:who pays a cultist? by SlipperHat · · Score: 5, Funny

      cultists don't get payed

      But they do get matching outfits and killer group discounts.

    4. Re:who pays a cultist? by FreeUser · · Score: 5, Funny

      cultists don't get payed

      But they do get matching outfits and killer group discounts.

      Best of all, drinks are on the house.

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  2. Jobs by Daniel+Weis · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's their Jobs.

  3. IDE chain gang by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple employees should just switch which pins are connected via the jumper. It's clearly labeled on the top of the drive.

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  4. Such Insensitivity by segedunum · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple made it perfectly clear in their contracts that they would be compensated by merely getting excited about the thought of working near the place where such secret and beautiful products are created. Even just working for Apple should be compensation enough. Hell, you should be able to get your date off merely by telling her you work for Apple.

    I take it these people didn't get the memo. Do these people not know that?

  5. The Apple Employee by Rie+Beam · · Score: 5, Funny

    It Just Works.(TM)

  6. Delicious by Rie+Beam · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Coke Cola introduced a new, delicious Lime-twisted beverage today, creating a Holocaust of flavor formerly unknown to this world until today. The lines of people at convenience stores remind one of cattle awaiting an unknown fate, only these cattle were people, and the fate a tasty, carbonated beverage."

  7. Re:No, *THESE* are slaves by elrous0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    iWork, iSlave...iSolonely, iCouldcry

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  8. What would Stallman say? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He'd say, you don't need to get paid. I agree. Steve Jobs agrees. Where's the problem?

    1. Re:What would Stallman say? by tcr · · Score: 5, Funny

      > calls come in constantly
       
      Hey, I thought "it just works..."??
      :-)

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    2. Re:What would Stallman say? by EgoWumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

      The sad part is most companies seem to think call center = help desk.

      Aha! There is your problem. It's: call center == help desk, otherwise your test will always return true; a self fulfilling test, if you will.

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    3. Re:What would Stallman say? by ArsonSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

      You've obviously never worked in a call center. Often time it does just work. Problem is the user has no clue that a mouse is used by your hand not your foot.

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  9. Re:STFU or go back to open source you whiners !! by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mac fans show their people skills again.

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