[Noisebridge-discuss] Unpaid TechShop employees and instructors being legally pressured by potential buyers

[Trent Robbins]

A contact also sent me this employment law firm: www.hoyerlaw.com

Best,
Trent


On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Trent Robbins <robbintt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Corey,
>
> Someone says this is the place to go: https://www.sfbar.org/
> lawyerreferrals/requestalawyer.aspx
>
> They said that the organization is closed this week, so try back after the
> 1st.
>
> I know firsthand as a consultant that we are often forced into these
> situations by hardship. It has happened to me.  You should consider this
> money lost in terms of cashflow. Maybe you will get it down the road. My
> only idea is find a new client, get a 50% deposit on the work, pay the rent
> with that. I am extremely sorry for your lost work and have been where you
> are.
>
>
> Best,
> Trent
>
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> As I am sure you all know, TechShop closed last month.  What you may not
>> know is that TechShop owes its employees and instructors, to the best of
>> our knowledge, as much as $600,000.
>>
>> TechShop was nothing without its employees and instructors, and many of
>> us, also being members, continued to give to the community on a daily basis
>> and freely, as is natural in a healthy shop/hacker culture.
>>
>> But we all relied on compensation, as well, because we provided services
>> to TechShop at the exclusion of other employment.  Some, like myself, were
>> contractors who put in 40 hours a week, nine to five.  Some have suggested
>> that this is not indicative of the kind of work a contractor does, but
>> rather an employee, which puts TechShop in a bad position.
>>
>> The TechShop employees and instructors have formed a group to communicate
>> a path forward.  We have begun putting the work forward to making sure that
>> we are compensated.  Some of us have hardship and are facing eviction, loss
>> of business, and even estrangement from family.
>>
>> Now TechShop has a number of interested buyers.  Some of them are getting
>> desperate and have begun harassing members of the Employee group.
>>
>> While the employee group was working to find an amicable way to resolve
>> this, the desperation has become threatening and legal threats have been
>> made.
>>
>> It is obvious we now need help finding a path forward.  If anyone has
>> employee rights consultants who can help us, please contact me.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
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