big box – Stenonymous

After my post yesterday people said, “why would big boxes pay people? They could just stop giving them work..”

Well, you’d be surprised to know that they do. Big boxes do that type of stuff all the time. They steal clients and leave reporters struggling to pay their bills, even during this time of “unprecedented shortage.”

How do I know? Those are the people I get fan mail from. They like that I’m taking on these bastards with my lampoons and citizen journalism. When I write, I often write with them in mind.

Well, if you’re being “blacklisted”, there is an option open to you, especially if you can prove it.

You can get a litigation funding firm like Lex Ferenda to fund your litigation if you can find a lawyer to take your group boycott case forward. Succinctly, if competitors are colluding to keep you out of the market, it’s illegal, and you could even be entitled to triple damages. Promising a firm like Lex Ferenda a piece of the pie might open up the funding you need to get there.

Let’s face it, the amount of work Veritext shovels down to its owned and network companies is substantial. It has the market power to influence people to shut other people out of the market. All the big boxes do. And again, I’ve been told this has happened.

If you’ve been a victim, or if you know a victim, it’s time to take a stand. Bite back.

Hey, big box,

G e t

W r e c k e d

I’ve already commented, in my own way, that things don’t seem right in California. Here, PYRP makes the astute point that the big box companies likely would’ve opposed the bill if it was not in their best interest, among many other great points.

I’ve called what’s being done to consumers fraud for many reasons, and that’s a word that pops up in this statement too. Ultimately, it’s that kind of bravery and boldness that will seize the day, and is a departure from the positive toxicity that permeates stereotypical corporate cultures, including our own.

All I can really say is that association board members should heed these words and realize that the more advocacy that is shouldered by nonprofits like PYRP or for-profit enterprises like Stenonymous, the more advocacy dollars will flow away from traditional associations. The success or failure of our institutions rides on the motivations and feelings of working reporters. If people feel that associations are not doing enough, or that associations are working against their interest, then wallets will, perhaps rightfully, close, in some cases permanently.

See the full text of PYRP’s statement below.

Protect Your Record Project statement on SB 241

SB 241, linked text.

Protect Your Record Project maintains a contact form here.

Tag: big box

Protect Your Record Project issues Statement on SB 241