Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press business Philip 6977017 b5 a former Salesman Speaks up firm denies demeaning workers by Kim Guttormson free press correspondent when Scott Klassen took a Job As a he thought hed found an Ideal instead he found a demeaning workplace where employees were forced to stand if they haunt made enough sales and yelled at As a reminder to make it irked me the Way there treating Klassen said of Midland where he worked for three he was let go in february because of Low he but he thinks there was More to it than not bringing in enough the company expected its callers to raise in donations for various charities in a three hour Klassen said he was raising anywhere from to per shift while working at the firms Winnipeg i was let go because i stood up for what i believe were talking about not schoolchildren who is physically said he was made to stand but refused a second time and the company didst Force he has had operations on his feet that make it difficult to stand for Long periods of but he said other sometimes the entire made to stand until a poor performer came through with a i found they were very Klassen said of the work Len a telemarketing consultant speaking on behalf of denied employees were forced to not As Wolstenholme said in a Telephone interview from they get the Opportunity to stand every now and again if things Are getting to stand and its abit of then they get Back at he said Many telemarketers prefer to stand while on the but that Midland did not use standing As a disciplinary he said he Hast heard of any company in the country engaging in the kind of practice Klassen he added that those kinds of tactics hark Back to the very Early Days of telemarketing when the Job was hidden away in boiler others in the telemarketing Field also say that kind of business Bank rate hiked to prop up loonie Canadian Dollar Falls half a cent by Clyde Graham Canadian press Ottawa a Lon weekend plunge in the Canadian Dollar has dashed Hopes for a Quick Cut in interest rates to boost the sluggish the Bank of Canada had to push up its key Bank rate yesterday to per cent from per cent to help prop up the sagging it was the second weekly Rise in a the currency fell by almost two thirds of a cent at the open of trading yesterday after taking a battering on overseas markets monday a Holiday in the Dollar closed trading at cents us Down cent from i think it is unfortunate when the Economy is but i think this is not a Lon term trend up wards in interest said John chief economist at the Royal Mccallum said there Are bound to be ups and Downs in financial mar he still believes the trend is for a stronger Dollar and lower inter est rates by year Mccallum said that despite a spate of bad economic Canada can still count on the healthy Economy to keep lugging it the Canadian Economy is but i think talk about recession is he a few economists have warned that the risk of recession is rising in but most agree the econ omy is headed for steady growth throughout the Paul economist at Bank of agreed that the Economy is still growing and the trend is for slightly lower interest we Are not expecting any marked downturn in the Canadian he moving we see a sort of modest strength in the Canadian Dol Lar and that should provide scope for a modest downward trend in inter est Marc Gallant Winnipeg free press Stokes says no company should make employees feel uncomfortable in the because its practice is Long gone from the Industry and reinforces Peoples preconceptions More than in 0 business should belittle or make people feel uncomfortable in the said Linda telecommunications manager with its bad work practice from a business Rick who has worked in the Industry and is now an instructor at Brandon Assiniboine Community said he has heard stories of telemarketers treating their employees but said Hes never seen i think were seeing a lot More people getting away from said the Industry is moving away from three phones in a basement to sophisticated Call he but its hard to get rid of the Wilcowski said there is still the Odd flyby night company exposed on consumer but were seeing a lot More positive stories As next a 16week course at acc will certify people to work in Call and the business administration program at acc is including Cal Centre management businesses Are seeing the potential that it Wilcowski they see it As part of the organization instead of a basement kind of Brandon East nip la Len Evans said Hes heard some complaints about telemarketing firms in mostly from people who said they Felt pressured to raise unreasonable amounts of Klassen said he didst say anything to his supervisors because if the other workers we rent going to stand up for he want about who Doest want to return to the said he approached both the human rights commission and the labor but both said being made to stand int breaking any Bank rate 9091 92939495 a source Bank of Canada Boeing plans to Cut up Ferley said that could mean a Bank rate of under per cent by the end of the the drop in the Dollar was blamed on a Lack of trading because of the Victoria Day thin markets often produce volatile swings in cur Rob economist at mrs International Market said he expects the Dollar to stabilize this a string of economic statistics re leased last week had All pointed to a slowing foreign re Tail manufacturing and Home resales were All lower this Seattle Boeing said yesterday it will Cut about jobs this More than previously Boeing said most of the additional Job reductions will occur at Seattle area it said the higher fore cast results from a series of actions to reduce costs necessitated by in creasing competitive Boeing Canada spokesman Errol Weaver confirmed yesterday that beings two Canadian production facilities wont be affected by the additional Job employment in Winnipeg and has Weaver said of beings two Cana Dian things have solidified in Boeing Canada has picked up some new work on the 737s and Weaver said that Canadian presi Dent James Sawyer has said there Are no future layoffs in the last four years Boeing can Ada has Laid off about 900 the Winnipeg operation now employs 880 Weaver said the dramatic reduction in the number of employees at Boeing worldwide is a result of in creasing Competition and an Indica Tion of How hard the recession hit the airline he said in the late 80s Boeing was shipping about 400 planes per now production is Down to about 250 per the Boeing employs about Down from about at the beginning of the the company has Laid off about workers since 1989 As the for tunes of its airline customers fal these additional Job reductions Are the result of efforts to trim the size of our no manufacturing work Force and improved processes to de sign and build aerospace products More said Boeing chairman Frank a significant portion of this years Job reductions will be part of beings first Ever retirement in Sentive which it offered to 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