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The lawyers for longtime Lakers Spanish-language radio play-by-play announcer Fernando Gonzalez held a news conference on behalf of their client on Friday outside of Los Angeles County Superior Court.

"He's a dedicated individual, dedicated to the Lakers, dedicated to the Lakers family," said attorney Lisa Maki of Gonzalez. "He suffered pretty brutal, racial segregation."

"The more he complained, the more he was retaliated against," said Maki of Gonzalez's increasing struggles, specifically over the last three years. "The last time he brought up these complaints, he lost a bunch of games [and] he lost a bunch of income, and that's not right. It's illegal. It's unfair and it's unjust."

http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la ... story.html

so what does everyone think about this?

"''Equal pay for equal work' may not hold up, because they have no one doing equal work to compare him with," said Simon. "Comparing Gonzalez to the English-language broadcasters -- they just don’t have comparable jobs. The English-language stations make a lot more money, have bigger audiences and generate more sponsorships."

I think that's where the case dies.

im actually concerned more about the retaliation part

that's labour relations and it can only hurt the lakers

He demanded more money and they got someone else to do the job for the same money. Welcome to capitalism.

wow, americans really don't take worker rights seriously do they?

Dr Aki wrote:wow, americans really don't take worker rights seriously do they?

Come on Dr!! You cant be serious right? We have the best labor laws in the world. This guys case is different.

TonyMontana wrote:

Dr Aki wrote:wow, americans really don't take worker rights seriously do they?

Come on Dr!! You cant be serious right? We have the best labor laws in the world. This guys case is different.

i honestly can't tell if you're being facetious or being deadly serious

Dr Aki wrote:

TonyMontana wrote:

Dr Aki wrote:wow, americans really don't take worker rights seriously do they?

Come on Dr!! You cant be serious right? We have the best labor laws in the world. This guys case is different.

i honestly can't tell if you're being facetious or being deadly serious

Both.

I'm not sure why OP chose 3 of the first 4 paragraphs to copy & paste, but he completely skipped the one that actually tells us the relevance of this story:

Gonzalez has filed a complaint against the Lakers, and partner Time Warner Cable, claiming he has been treated "differently from and less favorably than his Anglo-American counterparts in terms of wages, hours and conditions of employment."

Anyway, now that I know what this is about, I will add that though it appears to be a damning situation, at the end of the day he can't expect too much of a pay raise when the Lakers' Spanish stations don't do nearly as well as the English stations.

Slava wrote:He demanded more money and they got someone else to do the job for the same money. Welcome to capitalism.

Pretty much. Capitalism is a b#tch, but there's nothing anyone can do about that... At least nothing an average Joe can do about it.
This is why I stopped asking my bosses for a raise, even after they guaranteed they'd give me one back in March of 2013. Fifteen months later they still haven't followed through on their guarantee, but they did threaten to fire me the last time I bothered them about it again.
Capitalism: you love it if you're wealthy; you hate it if you're poor.

he has no case really. trying to make this about race seems like BS.

i say this having read nothing but this thread.

DwnShft2Xcelr8 wrote:

Slava wrote:He demanded more money and they got someone else to do the job for the same money. Welcome to capitalism.

Pretty much. Capitalism is a b#tch, but there's nothing anyone can do about that... At least nothing an average Joe can do about it.
This is why I stopped asking my bosses for a raise, even after they guaranteed they'd give me one back in March of 2013. Fifteen months later they still haven't followed through on their guarantee, but they did threaten to fire me the last time I bothered them about it again.
Capitalism: you love it if you're wealthy; you hate it if you're poor.

yeah but when that happens u need to find another employer willing to pay you what youre worth. thats the upside of capitalism, because there is always more money to be made out there.

Dr Aki wrote:wow, americans really don't take worker rights seriously do they?

Most times employers don't give a **** about employee's rights....

It is what it is.

DEEP3CL wrote:

Dr Aki wrote:wow, americans really don't take worker rights seriously do they?

Most times employers don't give a **** about employee's rights....

It is what it is.

but should other workers give a ****?