How many "sub contractor companies" consist of one or more individuals. The original poster did say "sub contractors" and not primes. Currently there is a class action in the federal courts where techs are suing for overtime not paid and the defendant (the prime) was denied motions for summary judgment and decertification brought by the Defendant.
"The Court's order rejected the Defendants' attempt to dismiss the case. Specifically, the Court rejected the Defendants' argument that the cable installers did not have sufficient evidence to prove the number of overtime hours they worked at trial. Rather, the Court held that trial on a representational basis was appropriate, and that the cable installers' own estimates of their overtime hours was sufficient evidence for the jury to award damages. The Court also denied the Defendants' request to decertify the case, holding that it would be unfair, expensive, time-consuming and procedurally difficult to conduct a jury trial for each of the 300 cable installers, and that "the differences among Plaintiffs' individual claims are not so great as to predominate over the ways that their claims are similar or to outweigh the benefits of proceeding on the Plaintiffs' claims [as] a collective action... " The Court has not set a trial date. "
This was in Feb. of this year. If in fact the court find for the techs (which at this point seems most likely) it would start a ripple effect across the country based on that precedent, and MSO's depending on the mega primes would be scrambling for cover as those primes go under. Remember GFC ? not the same situation, but they left some gaping holes that needed to be filled quickly.
Re: comcast firing subs
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Registered: 11/22/2004
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Dan Gerson
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Dan Gerson
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early 60s
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