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Trump...lawsuit.... H-1B...

Mar 11, 2016 5:31AM PST

He's just using/ABusing the system like everyone else. You don't like it...SUE ME!!!!!

Trump Model: Felt Like 'Slave' Working for Donald's Agency

A Jamaican-born fashion model is taking on Donald Trump, saying the modeling agency owned by the presidential candidate lured her to New York to work at age 17 with the promise of riches and fame and then treated her “like a slave.”

The model, Alexia Palmer, said in a lawsuit against the agency that she received only $3,880 plus cash advances totaling $1,100 over a three year period, even though Trump Model Management filed immigration documents to obtain a special work visa, called an H-1B, for Palmer, certifying she would work “full-time” and earn $75,000 a year.

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Just a "race card" suit
Mar 11, 2016 12:21PM PST

So many black people dream of using the race card in a suit against anyone who has money. This is just one of those. Already can see that by the language chosen, such as "slave" and other red herring words. Gratitude for the chance to become "known" which it seems didn't happen, doesnt' seem to exist on her part. Some models don't seem to realize it's often more than just looks that gets them noticed, helps them to become famous. Most women who "model" never become more than a couple of jobs and then it's over for them. I can imagine it's a let down if they've dreamed of becoming famous, but they should accept the reality.

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RE:Most women who "model" never become more than a couple of
Mar 11, 2016 1:02PM PST
Most women who "model" never become more than a couple of jobs and then it's over for them. I can imagine it's a let down if they've dreamed of becoming famous, but they should accept the reality.

True dat....

Can you explain the H-1B form that Trump had his people fill out?

"$75,000/year full time?"
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PS
Mar 11, 2016 1:16PM PST

Bring a "model" into America via H-1B, have her "rent an apartment" that Trump happens to own, throw a few photo-shoots her way, have her work seasonal work at Trump enterprises, cleaning rooms, serving drinks, dealing cards.....

I could go on, but you should be able to connect the dots.

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H-1B
Mar 11, 2016 1:24PM PST

This may explain what it is.

"The H-1B program applies to employers seeking to hire nonimmigrant aliens as workers in specialty occupations or as fashion models of distinguished merit and ability."

Let me guess a bit here. Could it be that models of certain origins, skin hues, etc., are labeled as "exotic" and can, potentially, earn more than a plain American beauty? I could guess that to be true but I can also guess there's no guarantee of continued success if some other attribute makes the person less desirable in that profession. As for earnings, I can see the cardboard signs pinned to light posts suggesting one can make 100K from home working only a few hours a week. Possible but improbable, me thinks.

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Response
Mar 11, 2016 1:38PM PST

Since he's such a great "businessman"

Claim to pay $75K/yr to someone that MIGHT have 2 photo-shoots a year?....

Why not leave them in a country where there are natural beaches to take pictures on and send the camera person to their place instead of falsifying government documents and claiming they will employ a person in America?

As for earnings, I can see the cardboard signs pinned to light posts suggesting one can make 100K from home working only a few hours a week. Possible but improbable, me thinks.


H-1B visa needed? That's where Trump gets involved.

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Do you know what was promised?
Mar 11, 2016 2:37PM PST

I certainly don't. But I know the lingo. Perhaps something like:

"You could earn up to 75K..."
"Our top models make 75K and more..."
"Within a year, you should be earning 75K"

Was she promised 75K? Whose word do we have on that and whose word is the most trustworthy? I'd not hang too much on a news article like this expecting it to be the whole truth.

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RE; Do you know what was promised?
Mar 11, 2016 7:12PM PST

"promised?"....No.

Do i know what was "claimed"?......Yes.

Claimed on the Government form filed by one of Trumps underlings.

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A claim, by itself,
Mar 12, 2016 2:51AM PST

isn't worth much without the backing of fiendishly aggressive lawyer going after a person or organization that would rather settle than defend themselves. BTW, Trump is no stranger to using lawsuits as a threat. That's how our lawsuit happy country has been operating for a long time. Nothing generates more fear than does the truth.

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sure, usually written as...
Mar 11, 2016 2:44PM PST

....you can earn "up to" 75,000 in a year's time. She however only did work for 10 days, but lived there for 3 years at their expense, driven in limos, etc. Sounds to me like she lived the dream for 3 years, did very little work for it, and still left with some money at the end of it.

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RE:still left with some money at the end of it.
Mar 11, 2016 7:26PM PST
“The agency is entitled to make money off of her work, and the better she does the more she makes...

Doesn't this "scam" sound a bit like the Trump University scam?


Do this and you receive BIG money?
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RE:She however only did work for 10 days,
Mar 12, 2016 3:55AM PST
She however only did work for 10 days, but lived there for 3 years at their expense, driven in limos, etc. Sounds to me like she lived the dream for 3 years, did very little work for it, and still left with some money at the end of it.

did very little work for it

She sat by the phone for 3 years....and worked 10 days?...Living the dream? AND The cost of the phone was deducted from her wages.

“That’s what slavery people do,” Palmer told ABC News. “You work and don’t get no money.” The agency took 80 percent of her earnings as expenses and fees
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Did she have a real paper contract?
Mar 12, 2016 5:06AM PST

I would think so....didn't anybody bother to actually read it before it was signed?