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(Audio) Working Families Win Continues To Make Illegal Robocalls in CA (Fresno, CA)

Not that I have to remind readers of this blog, but Robocalls are illegal in the state of California.   Political calls included.   And, I've blogged about this group making illegal robocalls in CA before (and in VA against Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA).

There are reports that Working Families Win (WFW) is, again, making illegal robocalls in CA.  This time against Rep. Radanovich (R-CA).

Here is the audio file (WMA):

Download California Working Families Win.WMA (400.2K)

Working Families Win has all the right to get their message out, but they must follow both Federal and State law.

Not only do they break CA state law where robocalls must be introduced by a live voice, they seem to be breaking the Federal TCPA law that requires that any robocall include the following identification:

federal law is clear in requiring all telephone calls using pre-recorded messages to identify who is initiating the calls and include a telephone number or address to reach them.

Anyone interested in a formal complaint against WFW?

NOTE:  I did see on WFW's web site that the front page has a link to be taken off their call list.  It is a start.  However, the link is nothing more than sending a Email to WFW.  Here is the email:  wfwin@adaction.org   Spam them.  Go for it.

UPDATE:  Wow, what a FAIL.  I TRIED to email them at that email address and received this response:

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at psa111.his.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

<wfwin@adaction.org>:
This address no longer accepts mail.

Working Families Win Hits Frank Wolf (R-10-VA) Hard, Again, About the Financial Crisis

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This robo call was received by one of our members 9/24/2008.

Who:  Working Families Win, a liberal advocacy group.

Against:  Frank Wolf (R-10-VA)

Transcript:

"Hello, I'm calling from WFW.  George Bush and Treasury Secretary Paulson say that we the taxpayers must pay three quarters of a trillion dollars to bail out investments bankers on wall street.  Congressman Wolf has received over $900,000 in contributions from the financial community Call Congressman Wolf at 703.709.5800.  Tell him to vote against the Bush / Paulson bailout.  Tell Congressman Wolf to put working familes ahead of Wall Street CEOs."

Audio: Click here for the audio.

As always, if you record a robo call, let us know.

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Working Families Win Hits Frank Wolf (R-10-VA) Hard About the Financial Crisis

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This robo call was received by one of our members this week.

Who:  Working Families Win, a liberal advocacy group.

Against:  Frank Wolf (R-10-VA)

Transcript:

"Hello, I'm calling from WFW.  Congressman Wolf supports privatizing social security. This would be a $2 Trillion dollar giveaway to Wall Street Brokers.  With the stock market dive and investment banks failing we need to call Congressman Wolf and ask why he supports this giveaway scheme.  Call Congressman Wolf at 703.709.5800.  Ask Congressman Wolf to protect Social Security and crackdown on Wall Street before all our retirement money disappears."

Audio: Click here for the audio.

As always, if you record a robo call, let us know.

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Working Families Win Making Illegal Robos in CA

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I wrote about Working Families Win back in June, and now they are at it again, this time in California.  Back in June they were calling into IL.

This from my post:

..... a robo call done by a progressive group against GOP Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) regarding his not voting to help homeowners with mortgage problems.   

The call talks about how he did not vote for the Foreclosure Prevention Act.  The call says that he has taken contributions from mortgage companies.  It closes by asking the recipient to call him and ask him to return those contributions from "predatory lenders".

Now come reports from National Political Do Not Contact Members that WFW are doing robos in CA that are targeting Congressman David Dreier.

I do not have the content of the robo, but what I do know is that all robo calls into CA are illegal according to CA Public Utility Commission code.

WFW needs to be careful making any robos into CA.  According to the PUC code:

Violators are subject to a fine of up to $500 for each violation. The PUC may also order that the automatic dialing be disconnected for a specified period of time.

More about the code and what we are doing to demand that the PUC enforce the code is at our website.

Click here at to learn more about the code and to register your number for free.

If you have the audio of the call, please let me know.

UPDATE:  I called the WFW contact number and talked to someone there and notified her that we are aware that WFW is making illegal CA robo calls and that they should stop all calls today.

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