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In the discussion thread: Ohio woman claims she was fired for Obama vote [View all]

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 02:24 PM

7. Good to know.

Unfortunately, political identity is not a universally accepted grounds of actionable discrimination yet, so she's at the mercy of where she lives.

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48 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ohio woman claims she was fired for Obama vote [View all]	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 20	OP
"Defense contractor"?	DollarBillHines	Feb 20	#1
You have the wrong q-mark--this is dayton, ohio, q-mark.....	msanthrope	Feb 20	#8
Again,	Jamaal510	Feb 20	#2
Unfortunately, Ohio--like almost all states--is at-will employment.	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 20	#6
See below, I think she has a case based on Ohio code....nt	msanthrope	Feb 20	#9
You might be right.	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 20	#13
I have case-envy. nt	msanthrope	Feb 20	#14
We need worker's rights reform.	Ash_F	Feb 20	#15
He should lose his defense contract.	Spitfire of ATJ	Feb 20	#3
She--the employer/owner is Roberta Gentile. nt	msanthrope	Feb 20	#5
......must resist name pun.	Spitfire of ATJ	Feb 20	#12
She has a case--Ohio has a specific law regarding employment and voting.....	msanthrope	Feb 20	#4
Good to know.	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 20	#7
Absolutely--the fact that she's in Ohio is what makes this possible. She'd have little recourse	msanthrope	Feb 20	#10
My former employer called a meeting with all employees back when Raygun was running for president.	Ikonoklast	Feb 20	#17
Her attorneys don't sound like its anything close to a slam dunk	onenote	Feb 20	#40
Ideological purity dictates this	Ezlivin	Feb 20	#11
Why would anyone announce their vote in such circumstances?	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#16
maybe because it is a protected right in a non-totalitarian society?	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 20	#18
What is protected	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#20
appreciate what you're saying	CitizenPatriot	Feb 20	#23
It is restrictive...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#25
I hear that	CitizenPatriot	Feb 20	#30
There must have been a history of it...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#33
if people are not free to casually express their opinions about politics we have surely passed into	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 20	#24
To compare this woman to Rosa Parks	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#28
oh Bull	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 20	#29
If you say so....	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#32
Anyone who does not see the absolute importance of defending the right of someone to casually and	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 20	#48
wait, what?	eggplant	Feb 20	#26
How ridiculous...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#31
Poor lady	obama2terms	Feb 20	#19
Q-Mark	midwest irish	Feb 20	#21
Good.	EC	Feb 20	#22
"At Will" employment can be LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION. If it's illegal to discriminate on race, age,	patrice	Feb 20	#27
That's it exactly...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#34
I'm sure that does happen, so there's an added 1st Amendment dimension to this particular issue.	patrice	Feb 20	#36
yes, there is....	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#37
Like I have heard citizens from the wrong side of town say, "American Just Us". nt	patrice	Feb 20	#38
I'm sorry,	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#39
I wasn't sure either. When I first heard it, I was helping an African American lady minister friend	patrice	Feb 20	#41
Thanks...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#42
Discouraging . . . to me too. The only remedy I know of: one. concrete. step. at. a. time.	patrice	Feb 20	#43
Agreed.	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 20	#44
If I owned a business I would lean toward firing all Repukes	Doctor_J	Feb 20	#35
that is exactly the kind of thinking that makes it possible to fire people for supporting Obama	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 20	#46
The boss is a dick, but Kunkle was an idiot	lbrtbell	Feb 20	#45
I find it absolutely horrifying that some people here on DU do not grasp the absolute importance of	Douglas Carpenter	Feb 20	#47

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