mg, this is a small town and we don't have many watchdog groups. However we ARE a governmental town and that's why I mentioned the Department of Labor. Labor regulates, investigates, enforces conditions in all aspects of employment.

Eliza, that is what I tried to get across to staff: When we don't take action out of fear we support the exploitation.

These are not high-paying jobs - except for the administrative officials (which always infuriates me)- and as I told staff yesterday, if someone is working for $10 an hour but two of one's six working hours are unpaid, you are actually working for less than $7.00 an hour.

I feel strongly about this- it is a corruption, and that is unacceptable.