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WE,THE UNDERSIGNED OF THE TELEMARKETING LABOR FORCE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEEL THAT SECTION 3.10 OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION'S TELEPHONE SALES RULE...LEADING TO THE NATIONWIDE DO-NOT-CALL LIST BEING ENACTED ON OCTOBER 1, 2003; UNFAIRLY PENALIZES TELEMARKETERS BY FINING US $11,000 EACH TIME WE CALL SOMEONE ON THE DO-NOT-CALL LIST. BY ENACTING THE LEGISLATION WITHOUT VALUABLE INPUT FROM THE TELEMARKETING LABOR FORCE, THERE ARE THREE MAJOR QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ADDRESSED BY THIS LEGISLATION.
FIRST OF ALL, WHO IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE UNREASONABLE FINES OF $11,000 PER CALL TO RESIDENCES WHOSE TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE ON THE DO-NOT-CALL LIST...THE INDIVIDUAL TELEMARKETERS, OR THE COMPANIES WHO DEPEND ON US?
NEXT, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE PURCHASES OF THE NATIONWIDE, AND STATEWIDE, DO-NOT-CALL LISTS...AS WELL AS THE QUARTERLY UPDATES...THE INDIVIDUAL TELEMARKETERS, OR THE MANY COMPANIES THAT DEPEND ON US?
LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, HOW ARE THE INDIVIDUAL TELEMARKETERS SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHO'S ON THE DO-NOT-CALL LIST IF WE ARE NOT BEING GRANTED ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION?
BASED ON THE CONCERNS OF THE TELEMARKETING LABOR FORCE NOT BEING SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED BY OUR LEGISLATORS, WE FEEL THE SANCTIONS FOR UNINTENTIONAL VIOLATIONS OF THE DO-NOT-CALL LIST SHOULD BE REVISITED IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE OUR WORKING SITUATIONS LESS BURDENSOME. |
