PERMATEMPS
WEBSITES
Bendich Law Firm - Permatemp Page
Center for a Changing Workforce - Permatemp Home Page
Center for a Changing Workforce - Legal Developments
CASES
City of Seattle, Washington Permatemp Case:
Seattle Permatemp Case - Bendich Law Firm
City Settles Suit Over "Temps" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 7, 2006
Permatempt to get Millions in Settlement - A.P., Billings Gazette, Dec. 22, 2005
Seattle Will Pay 11.5 Million to Settle Case - A.P., Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dec. 20, 2005
Permatemps to Get Millions - The Seattle Times, Dec. 20, 2005
Long Time Temp Workers Sue City - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 11, 2002
Kings County, Washington Permatemp Case:
County Employees Win 18.6 Million - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 8, 2000
Permatemps Win Suit Against Kings County - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Nov. 25, 1999
Microsoft Permatemp Case:
Vizcaino and the Permatemp Issue - Rusted View, October 25, 2005
Microsoft Permatemps Finally Get Payment - Rusted View, October 21, 2005
Microsoft to Begin Paying Ex-Permatemps - October 5, 2005
Payouts for Microsoft Permatemps Delayed - Again - Seattle Post Intelligencer, Sept. 22, 2004
Permatemps Seek Pay From Settlement - NPR - Morning Edition, May 11, 2004
Caste Adrift at Microsoft - Computer Source Magazine, April, 2003, and Slashdot comments
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal - KOMO News, Nov. 11, 2002
Court Upholds Microsoft Permatemp Settlement - Washtech News, May 15, 2002
MS Casts its Temps into Darkness - The Register, June 30, 2000
Microsoft Permatemps Win - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan. 11, 2000
Temp Wars: Why Microsoft May Cry Uncle - Business Week Online, November 15, 1999
Other Permatemp Cases:
Temporary North Carolina Workers - April 19, 2005
Law Firm to Settle Own Permatemps Case Pay Suit - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 7, 2004
Permatemps, Ghosts of Academia, by John Knox, Phi Beta Kappa Forum, Fall, 2004
Clerical Workers Union Wins Settlement for Permatemps at U.C., Press Release, Dec. 23, 2002
AFSCME Permatemps Win Justice - Madison, WI. - June, 2000
National Writers' Union - January 27, 1999, Contract Issues
ARTICLES
Battles Wax and Wane in Permatemp Wars - Workforce Management, Oct. 24, 2005
To Employ or Contract, That is the Question - NEHRA - March 29, 2004
Temps in T-Shirts - Guardian Unlimited, October 1, 2001
Employment 2001: Permatemps and Other New Lifeforms - Australia ABC Radio National, Feb. 11, 2001
Changing Face of the High Tech Workplace - Gigalaw, February 2001
Windows of Opportunity: Temp Workers Win - In These Times, Jan. 22, 2001
Temporary Insanity - Providence Phoenix, September 21, 2000
The End of Work as We Know It - Infoworld, August 18, 2000
Fast Company: the Permatemps Contratemps - August, 2000
Permatemps by Ted Rall, January, 2000
Labor Group Wants to Organize Tech Temp Workers - San Francisco Chronicle, July 16, 1999
Temp Workers are a Full-Time Headache - Business Week, May 31, 1999
Long-Term Temps - A Rare Breed - Employment Policy Foundation, 1999
DOCUMENTS
Seattle Class Action Settlement Agreement - December 14, 2005
Permatemps by Jorgenson & Riemer - American Prospect
Microsoft Class Action Settlement Agreement, December 8, 2000