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truth_b_known

Just because you are a "unpaid volunteer" for an organization does not mean the organization is free from all civil liability. Remember, Jehovah's Witnesses active in the ministry are dubbed "Publishers" and document their work on a monthly basis. As such the liability goes both ways.

In my line of work we get a lot of citizens who volunteer for us. We screen applicants for volunteer positions because our agency is liable for what they do when working for us. Likewise, if one of our volunteers is hurt while working for us they are covered by Worker's Compensation.

I see such lawsuits being successful. This may very well be the final nail in the coffin on the Watch Tower Society. It creates a near paradoxial legal dilemma for them. A person cannot be one of Jehovah's Witness without actively preaching and peddling the publications of the Watch Tower, Bible & Tract Society. Yet, anyone who is injured while doing so is an agent of the WTB&TS and therefor must be compensated for medical expenses, lost wages, etc.

wha happened?

The paper trail kills them. Who do the rank and file report our time to? What is one of the requirements of advancing in the orgnization? Who cks in with the congregation twice a year and reports back to the WT. What events are organized for the rank and file every year? Who prints their material for distribution?

baltar447

Part of me is giddy with glee over this, it couldn't have happened to a "nicer" corporation. On the other hand, the koolaid guzzling dubs will just accept that this is some "new" form of persecution.

Alfred

Compensation comes in many forms... money, benefits, power, status, etc...

For JWs, compensation comes in the form of status... Turn in at least 15 minutes a month and your status is REGULAR... Fail to do so and you status becomes IRREGULAR or INACTIVE.

JWs, therefore, are NOT volunteers.

baltar447

Alfred, if not Volunteers then what?

Alfred

They are workers that are compensated with a Status of REGULAR.

baltar447

I think this thread is the single most important and telling thread that we've had in recent history. We all know that the WTBS is only a corporation, and corporations are concerned with one thing, the bottom line. If they start getting sued all over the place, it will force them to make BIG changes like shut down the door to door work, which I'm predicting within 5-10 years if this trend continues.

yourmomma

yeah, and judicial comitees. i expect them to just make most offenses "automatic da's". they already are expanding that list.

usualusername

I am a miserable bastard but this thread made me

wha happened?

it may not be a matter of compensation that creates the agency, but rather a matter of sanction. Those who don't participate are sanctioned with the title of inactive, which disqualifies them from participating in certain positions of responsibility or duties

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