The company hired me as an independent contractor to create 400-word passages on a variety of topics, to be used as part of the company's assessement program. Our agreement stated that I was to be paid for my writing services at the rateof $425 per week for each of three weeks. I delivered the products of my labors as agreed upon. My supervisor, co-founder, Dawit Meles, guaranteed that I would receive payment no later than August 21, 2009. Even after having signed a binding mediation agreement on May 11, 2010, the CEO, Rashad Bartholomew, has not paid me one single dime for all my efforts.