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(DIR) Post #Ahz3zbjYBQk1KvB0bI by WNC_Wobbly@mastodon.social
2024-05-17T01:16:07Z
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After legal consultation with a lawyer who wants to help me collect a settlement from the bosses who illegally fired me it seems they don't think they can get a settlement that includes a statement from the CEO to current staff taking accountability. they also seem to think all settlements have non-admission clauses. So I don't really see any benefit for me in settling. Fuck it, war. #IWW
(DIR) Post #Ai1FrUlRnbUPAdsjpo by WNC_Wobbly@mastodon.social
2024-05-17T16:48:55Z
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The more I think about it the less inclined I am to settle. And much less inclined to hire a lawyer whether or not I decide to settle.The standard legal fee for contingency based representation is 33%. So will a lawyer cause my recovered losses to exceed 1.5x what the board will order? If not then I lose money hiring a lawyer.1/?
(DIR) Post #Ai1FrVf6Sg0bxFvBaK by WNC_Wobbly@mastodon.social
2024-05-17T16:53:52Z
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Apparently mediations is standard for settlements, w/ parties splitting the mediation cost of mediation fails to produce a settlement.This is functionally a deposit on achieving a settlement that tilts thing in the corp's favor.The corp has 52m revenue, 43m assets, 2.5m profits.I don't have much less. So that deposit is a significant proportion of my assets and means nothing to the corp. That's a bad deal and I won't take it.2/
(DIR) Post #Ai1FrVp1rlwsS2Z73Y by WNC_Wobbly@mastodon.social
2024-05-17T16:57:22Z
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Obviously I can insist that the corp foot the bill for mediation. The lawyer I spoke with seemed to think that's a tall order and very outside the box.This box is too small for workers and bosses to fit in there together. As the #IWW has consistently said, the laws are written by the bosses lawyers and rubber stamped by the pols in their pockets. So it's no surprise that the usual protocol favors the boss.3/?
(DIR) Post #Ai1FrXfX03XWBA8YWu by WNC_Wobbly@mastodon.social
2024-05-17T17:27:35Z
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The risk of losing an expensive deposit will make it much harder to reject a deal with a nondisclosure req (which I just wouldnt be able to follow) or a non-admission clause (which I simply can't accept since it protects the guilty party).4/?
(DIR) Post #Ai1FrYtOS0DpyRd8m8 by WNC_Wobbly@mastodon.social
2024-05-17T17:34:52Z
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I posted reqs for suggested demands in a few places and got a fun list. The lawyer I spoke with spent the bulk of the conversation telling me my demands are impossible. If I'm going to hire a lawyer I need them to fight for me, not fight me. Now I understand that the CEO isn't going to resign as part of the settlement, but many of my noncash demands are achievable if the corp doesn't want to go to the board.5/?
(DIR) Post #Ai1Fra8Jpzktp1cZg8 by WNC_Wobbly@mastodon.social
2024-05-17T17:41:58Z
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So at the end of the consult it feels like the lawyers have a way they're used to doing things and are working to get the relevant parties to follow that process. What incentive is there to settle in that circumstance? If I were desperate for cash maybe. It is especially dissuasive that the lawyer told me I wouldn't get the posting I want and wouldn't get it from the board. But I've read board discussion and they order what I want w/ regularity.Maybe more to come, but that's enough for now.