by ASL Union | Jan 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
` In a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission, Sorenson called concerns about turnover among VIs affecting the ability for it to provide good service “baseless.” The Private Equity Stakeholder Project, which has written extensively about the VRS...
by ASL Union | Dec 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
From worker.gov. Since going public on September 30, no ASL Interpreters Union member has been retaliated against by Sorenson or ZP management. We have not seen either company hold captive audience meetings where employers inform employees of their stance on...
by ASL Union | Nov 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Just a month after launching our union, and after launching a petition calling for increased wages for VRS interpreters, Video Relay Service sign language interpreters at Sorenson Communications have won an across the board wage increase between 2 and 3 percent. ...
by ASL Union | Oct 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Emma Sills, Z/P VRS Interpreter One critical aspect of the interpreting field involves the training of future interpreters. This is integral and is even noted in our NAD-RID Code of Professional Conduct. When a student graduates from their Interpreter Training...
by ASL Union | Oct 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the September 2023 FCC rulemaking on VRS rates, the FCC estimated that interpreter wages would need to go up by 65 percent. As the FCC noted, “we estimate that each provider’s reported historical costs… will increase by a uniform factor: 75% for engineering and...
