Warren Campaign’s Volunteer Fellowship Program a ‘Scam,’ Applicants Claim

Breitbart ^ | 27 July 2019 | Hannah Bleau

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) campaign is under fire for allegedly misleading applicants of the campaign’s volunteer fellowship program, according to a report from the Daily Beast. Two Warren supporters who applied for the program described the process as both “deceptive” and “exploitative.”

According to the Daily Beast:

They said they were pushed toward unpaid positions over paid ones, misled over the availability of financial assistance, and asked to sign highly restrictive nondisclosure agreements that worker advocacy groups concede are irregular. Both applicants verified their accounts with emails and text messages from the Warren campaign.

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Like other Democrats running for the White House, Warren’s campaign offers paid internships. But unlike many others, the campaign also offers volunteer fellowships and volunteer fellowships for academic credit.

Seton Hall University senior Jonathan Nendze, who was accepted into the program, described it as a “great scam,” telling the Daily Beast that the unpaid volunteers were essentially expected to “function as a paid intern.”

“What was sold to me was very different than it actually was,” Nendze said.

“The way they always communicated it was always fellow/intern, like they were synonymous,” he continued. “Their application kind of took advantage of people who were really eager to get experience.”

He also said the campaign was deliberately vague when discussing the possibility of payment during the application process.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Offering “volunteers” all the free beer they can’t drink just doesn’t work anymore. Especially if you don’t stick to your promise.

[PGalt]

“Everything about socialism is sham and affectation.” - 23.11 Ch23. Evil; Economic Harmonies; Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850

[rockinqsranch]

“Warren Campaign’s Volunteer Fellowship Program a ‘Scam,’ Applicants Claim”

So is warren......”a ‘Scam’.

[dsrtsage]

Guess she didnt get the spiritual peyote journey in the sweat tent she was expecting

[piytar]

Sorry. Cannot build up much empathy for some scumbag who tried to help Warren.

[ChildOfThe60s]

“Before you start a campaign you should have these basic processes done,” he said, according to the Daily Beast. “To be treated the way I was is disheartening.”

Dear Lord, do these people have a monopoly on stupid?

[scrabblehack]

True? I’ve been out of the political game for some time (I volunteered on a few campaigns back in the 1980’s - paid positions were rare), but I’d be surprised if this isn’t par for the course.

However this is the first I’ve heard of receiving academic credit for working for a political campaign. To my mind, that is highly inappropriate.

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"However this is the first I’ve heard of receiving academic credit for working for a political campaign. To my mind, that is highly inappropriate.

Years ago I read that a school/college would give extra credits if the students protested. Now with all these protests happening, I always think that they're doing it for the credit because 90% of the time, they son't know what they're protesting....and then there's soros.