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   i watched with great intereset your story about this company and cant believe a company in this country , making aircraft parts? could actually get away with screwing their employees this way. will they actually be made "whole"? their bills? their families? what about that all important credit rating?, we should all pay attention, this sort of practice is nothing new to working americans, my hat is off to this channel and especilly the employees who with what had to be considerable courage, are blowing the whistle on simply bad business and mistreatment of employees, i stand with you.                                   Paul ,Norway,ME.

thanks for your support and your interest in our unfortunate situation i also hope that the other companies dont treat their employees the way we have been treated. I can only hope that this situation will be resolved in a timely manner like TAD promised it will be but i  suspect that its just another stall tactic they are using to try and sweep this under the rug so to speak until it blows over!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel the lump in the carpert is tooo toooooo large to hide ! maybe the Criminal Investagators Office will fall over the mound and find it!  DAH ????

Thanks for your support mainer.

ITS AMAZING EVEN PEOPLE FROM MAINE KNOW WHAT THE DEFINITION OF GETTING SCREWED IS !! U GO MAINER !!!!!!!   TY FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!!!!

 

I Just hope it's over soon!!!!!!!

No-one likes working for and "employer" that lies and steals from them...

GOD Help us all..!!!!!

Baker

well its good to see that we have now worked our way up to a status of 3rd world county!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IMO this is another case of Corporate America stealing from their employees.  Hard working people becoming victims of greed.  I'm sure there will be some kind of excuse such as a filing error or some such thing like that.  Corporate has a way of sandbagging and laying blame elsewhere.  The fact is employees where paying for something there where not receiving.  Where did the money go?  Nice job bringing this situation to the media.  I'm sorry that you all became victims.  Keep up the fight!

NitroHaze:

IMO this is another case of Corporate America stealing from their employees.  Hard working people becoming victims of greed.  I'm sure there will be some kind of excuse such as a filing error or some such thing like that.  Corporate has a way of sandbagging and laying blame elsewhere.  The fact is employees where paying for something there where not receiving.  Where did the money go?  Nice job bringing this situation to the media.  I'm sorry that you all became victims.  Keep up the fight!

 

Thank you Nitro

NitroHaze:

IMO this is another case of Corporate America stealing from their employees.  Hard working people becoming victims of greed.  I'm sure there will be some kind of excuse such as a filing error or some such thing like that.  Corporate has a way of sandbagging and laying blame elsewhere.  The fact is employees where paying for something there where not receiving.  Where did the money go?  Nice job bringing this situation to the media.  I'm sorry that you all became victims.  Keep up the fight!

 

Exactly right Nitro, our company was notorious for the "computer glitch" excuse. BUT of course it was never a computer glitch on their part, it was whomever they were trying to blame for their shortcommings at that particular moment.

YES WAS ALWAYS THE OTHER PARTY'S FAULT THEY NEVER DID NO WRONG HMMMMMMMMMM KINDA SOUNDS ALOT LIKE OUR MEDICAL INSURANCE SAGA IT HAD TO BE BLUE CROSS'S FAULT BECAUSE THEY WOULDNT COVER US FOR FREE MUSTA BEEN ANOTHER MISCOMMUNICATION.U KNOW LIKE AFLAC THAT *** DUCK GOT IT ALL QUACKED UP.HOW ABOUT OUR ACTIVITY'S COMMITTEE FUND WE HAD NO FUNCTIONS BECAUSE WE HAD NO ACTIVITIES AND THERE FOR THE COMPANY TOOK CONTROL OF MONEY AFTER THAT WE WAS BROKE AGAIN.SO NOW ENTERS MOTHER UNION WAITING LIKE HAWKS TO SWOOP DOWN AND TAKE THAT 40,000 DOLLAR BACK LOG IN KITTY  HECK THEM RETIRES AND WORKERS DONT NEED IT MAYBE TAD CAN SWOOP IN FASTER THAN THEM AND RESCUE I MEAN BORROW THAT ALSO.

I am from Fort Myers, Florida

I believe the employers in the TAD facility should have told the employees that they were discontinuing the health insurance. I think it was wrong of them to keep taking money out of the employees accounts while the health insurance was taken away.

                                                                                                        Justin

It is obvious that actions of the owners/managers of this company is shameful at best and criminal at worst.  With preconceived knowledge they took money from their employees with whom they contractually agreed to provide a benefit (medical coverage) and diverted the money for some other purpose.  The employees acted in good faith, but the employer was deceptive in their actions. 
I my business we have 85 employees, and we too have been hurt by the current recession.  We have kept our employees well informed of the financial status of the company throughout this ordeal, because the health of the company obviously effects the security of their jobs and benefits.  It has been said that health care is immune from the recession, but sadly this is not true.  We chose to let go a physician,   two Physician's Assistants, and decrease all the doctor salaries by 60% rather than let any of our staff go or reduce their benefits.  Sadly, there are no raises and we don't expect any, but at least everyone has jobs.  I doubt the owners/managers would have thought of making similar sacrifices for their employees. 
This owners/managers of T.A.D. are legally liable for the benefits which they agreed to provide.  The employees should contact the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission and file suit.   I am sure that your state's attorney general may also be able to investigate for possible criminal charges.   Find out who is running for office (congress or state representative) in 2010 and contact them.  They may want to help you just for the positive publicity. 

Well put jim, other companies im sure are doing the same for their employees, ive heard many stories just like yours here, with employers like that, we wouldnt have this sort of problem.                                  Paul        Norway,Maine  M.D.O.T.(retired) M.S.E.A.-S.E.I.U.

Yes very well put Jim. Thanks for the info and concern. I am going to make some more calls monday. You too Justin. Thank you