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Newly Unsealed Docs in Illegal Wage-Theft Cartel

posted by mrcoolbp on Thursday March 27 2014, @04:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the but-everyone's-doing-it dept.

Anonymous Coward writes:

In a follow up to our story a few days ago, Newly unsealed documents from Google and Apple further prove their complicity in a secret illegal agreement to limit employees' careers and wages. Some background on this cartel is available in another article covering the US Department of Justice investigation into this matter earlier this week. When these companies were caught red-handed, blatantly breaking the law, the US government intervened on workers' behalf by asking the companies to, in effect, "please stop doing this," but the proposed settlement will only "be in effect" for the next five years.

Go justice!

 
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by bradley13 on Thursday March 27 2014, @07:54AM

    by bradley13 (3053) on Thursday March 27 2014, @07:54AM (#22001) Homepage

    It's not clear to me that these agreements are necessarily bad. From scanning the articles (STFA?) it seems to be mostly about unsolicited offers and "cold calling". Having hungry head-hunters out cold-calling everybody's employees all the time - what a flipping nuisance. If I want a new job, I'll either look myself or contact a head-hunter. I don't particularly want them calling me.

    Was this really a cartel to hold down salaries, or was it just a gentlemen's agreement not to be stupid?

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 27 2014, @08:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 27 2014, @08:35AM (#22013)

    From scanning the articles (STFA?) it seems to be mostly about unsolicited offers and "cold calling"

    Stop scanning and start reading. Your conclusion is incorrect.

    If I want a new job, I'll either look myself or contact a head-hunter.

    This illegal agreement would ensure you can look all you want, but if you worked for one of the myriad companies engaged in this illegal practice, you would not only never get hired by one of the other companies, your current wages at your current company would never grow beyond a secret, agreed-upon amount.

    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Covalent on Thursday March 27 2014, @09:35AM

      by Covalent (43) on Thursday March 27 2014, @09:35AM (#22037) Journal

      This is correct, and it is both immoral and illegal, particularly when it is tied to not giving raises in wages (which it was).

      Essentially these corporations want a "free market" unfettered by restriction and regulation, but only for the brass. The employees have government protection from wage restriction, so these companies instituted their own.

      Don't be evil my eye.

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