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msanthrope

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8. You have the wrong q-mark--this is dayton, ohio, q-mark.....

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 03:25 PM

Feb 2013

http://www.q-markrep.com/index.php/contact-us-f

And here is a picture of the employer...

http://www.whiotv.com/photo/news/photos/q-mark-inc-and-its-president-and-owner-roberta-gen/ppJhg/

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Ohio woman claims she was fired for Obama vote [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 OP

"Defense contractor"? DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #1

You have the wrong q-mark--this is dayton, ohio, q-mark..... msanthrope Feb 2013 #8

Again, Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #2

Unfortunately, Ohio--like almost all states--is at-will employment. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #6

See below, I think she has a case based on Ohio code....nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #9

You might be right. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #13

I have case-envy. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #14

We need worker's rights reform. Ash_F Feb 2013 #15

He should lose his defense contract. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #3

She--the employer/owner is Roberta Gentile. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #5

......must resist name pun. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #12

She has a case--Ohio has a specific law regarding employment and voting..... msanthrope Feb 2013 #4

Good to know. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #7

Absolutely--the fact that she's in Ohio is what makes this possible. She'd have little recourse msanthrope Feb 2013 #10

My former employer called a meeting with all employees back when Raygun was running for president. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #17

Her attorneys don't sound like its anything close to a slam dunk onenote Feb 2013 #40

Ideological purity dictates this Ezlivin Feb 2013 #11

Why would anyone announce their vote in such circumstances? Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #16

maybe because it is a protected right in a non-totalitarian society? Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #18

What is protected Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #20

appreciate what you're saying CitizenPatriot Feb 2013 #23

It is restrictive... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #25

I hear that CitizenPatriot Feb 2013 #30

There must have been a history of it... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #33

if people are not free to casually express their opinions about politics we have surely passed into Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #24

To compare this woman to Rosa Parks Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #28

oh Bull Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #29

If you say so.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #32

Anyone who does not see the absolute importance of defending the right of someone to casually and Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #48

wait, what? eggplant Feb 2013 #26

How ridiculous... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #31

Poor lady obama2terms Feb 2013 #19

Q-Mark midwest irish Feb 2013 #21

Good. EC Feb 2013 #22

"At Will" employment can be LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION. If it's illegal to discriminate on race, age, patrice Feb 2013 #27

That's it exactly... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #34

I'm sure that does happen, so there's an added 1st Amendment dimension to this particular issue. patrice Feb 2013 #36

yes, there is.... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #37

Like I have heard citizens from the wrong side of town say, "American Just Us". nt patrice Feb 2013 #38

I'm sorry, Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #39

I wasn't sure either. When I first heard it, I was helping an African American lady minister friend patrice Feb 2013 #41

Thanks... Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #42

Discouraging . . . to me too. The only remedy I know of: one. concrete. step. at. a. time. patrice Feb 2013 #43

Agreed. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #44

If I owned a business I would lean toward firing all Repukes Doctor_J Feb 2013 #35

that is exactly the kind of thinking that makes it possible to fire people for supporting Obama Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #46

The boss is a dick, but Kunkle was an idiot lbrtbell Feb 2013 #45

I find it absolutely horrifying that some people here on DU do not grasp the absolute importance of Douglas Carpenter Feb 2013 #47