outrageous reason for being fired

[The Shake]

Actively campaigning? The woman just had a bumper sticker on her car, which she left parked. Unless she was driving around on company property, honking her horn, I wouldn't consider that campaigning.

She wasn't "proudly displaying" the bumper sticker because she finds John Kerry sexy. It was there to express her opinion on the election and support the Kerry campaign.

Again, I think that the boss is a bully and an idiot, but her reaction was juvenile and moronic.

 

[red]

Re: Re: Your "shake" must have scrambled your brain

Actually, there's a very simple justification. He asked her to do something and she refused. Right or wrong, this is no different than an employer requiring a dress code or a uniform (e.g. Disney employees can't have facial hair).

As I said, he's a complete idiot but, as he's paying the bills, he has the right to be a complete idiot.

his property rights to trump her rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association. In the case of disney, those dresscodes and codes re facial hair are told to applicants who agree. They were not imposed after the employee had already been working.

 

[The Shake]

Re: Re: Re: Your "shake" must have scrambled your brain

his property rights to trump her rights to freedom of expression and freedom of association. In the case of disney, those dresscodes and codes re facial hair are told to applicants who agree. They were not imposed after the employee had already been working.

An employer can unilaterly revise the terms & rules of employment when no contract exists.

I do not believe that her freedom of expression and freedom of association rights have been violated. She was not, for example, told that she would be fired for voting for Kerry, or that she could not have the bumper sticker in her car outside of company property. Had he made either request, he would have clearly crossed a line (although, in reality, employers can and do terminate staff for non-work issues if they feel that the behaviour could hurt the corporate image).

I'm sorry, but this is not a woman who sensible people should be going to bat for. This is just a pissing contest between two morons.

 

[The Shake]

Some more detailed reports.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2106714/

http://slate.msn.com/id/2107041/

 

[The Baroness]

Ahh, sorry then. Next time, include a wink or something, so I know. It's too easy to misread stuff online!

Cheers,


Will do
-djk