• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / News / Traveling sales crews recruiting again in state

Traveling sales crews recruiting again in state

March 22, 2007 By WRN Contributor

A word of warning to young people from the state's Consumer Protection office about traveling sales crews.

It's that time of year. Traveling sales crews are starting to recruit young people in Wisconsin.

Consumer Protection's Glen Loyd says his office has already seen the ads in the Eau Claire area and that means they'll soon be all over the state luring people into a summer job of door-to-door sales.

Loyd says the ads are easy to spot. They may include the phrase "Publisher's Representative". They often entice young people by asking if they like a certain kind of music and if they like to travel and have fun with kids their own age.

But Loyd says the experience is often no fun at all. He says some young people on these crews have been killed, maimed, arrested and generally mistreated while earning very little money.

In 1999, seven young people on a crew were killed near Janesville when their van went out of control late at night.

There's a bill in the legislature that would regulate traveling sales crews in the state.. hoping to make the companies more responsible for their employees but in the meantime Consumer Protection's advice is simple: Don't sign up with these traveling sales crews.

 

AUDIO: Jim Dick reports ( 1:10 MP3 )

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: News



Featured Stories

Top-ranked Badger women’s volleyball the Unanimous Big Ten Preseason favorite

Big Ten suspends Wisconsin’s Ahcan

Bucks lose tight battle with Nets

Packers get rematch with Tampa Bay in NFC Championship

12th ranked Wisconsin sweeps Arizona State

TwitterFacebook

Listen Now | More from Titletown ยป

Sports Headlines

Top-ranked Badger women’s volleyball the Unanimous Big Ten Preseason favorite

Badgers go with familiar face as new defensive line coach

Big Ten suspends Wisconsin’s Ahcan

Bucks lose tight battle with Nets

Packers get rematch with Tampa Bay in NFC Championship

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC