I would call information (1800FREE411, U have 2 listen 2 commercials, but it's better than paying the phone co $1.50 for a phone #) and get the telephone # for the state labor board and report that shit. I don't believe in workers being taken advantage of. We work too long and hard for the $ we are paid.

Americans take the least amount of vacation time.........

"U.S. employees are taking less time off than ever: Not only is the average number of annual vacation days granted to them a mere 12.4 - less than that of the average medieval peasant - but more than a third of us don't even use all of our allotted time off" (Chris Taylor, Business 2.0 Magazine senior editor)

Future Boy: Why the American worker doesn't get a break - Aug. 3, 2006

It is just my opinion that you should be treated better than that. I have also had bad experiences with jobs/supervisors. At a call center job a supervisor wrote me up "because my skirt was too short" and it really wasn't THAT short, but she was pregnant at the time. When she came back to work from maternity leave how about she was wearing skirts way shorter than any I had. :wtf: I'm not generalizing for everyone, but I know several people employed in jobs that try to take advantage of them.

My fiancee, ironically, was also employed at at "paper" company, his was a newspaper, and he worked there for 10 years. He was fired in April because some carrier came in the building and threw a bundle of newspapers at his mother, (who also worked there) and it hit her on her side and arm. (his mother has also undergone treatment for leukemia within the past 2 years) So my fiancee asks the dude to step outside, and the guy pushes him, my fiancee punches him, and they have to pull him off the other guy. But, whole point, he was not the instigater, and the carrier was not even supposed to be in the building, by company rules, and yeah, he was fighting on the job, but still, after 10 years, you have no loyalty to an employee? The other person involved only worked there for a year or so. My fiancee did win his unemployment compensation case, he filed, and the company tried to object, and he had a decent 401(k) built up, so we were okay, until everyting was settled. He has a new job now, where hopefully things will go better.

I know we aren't all in a position to just quit jobs without another one lined up, but I would at least look online for something else, in your spare time. There are lots of jobs out there and you can get one where your efforts are appreciated.