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34. That's it exactly...

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 06:33 PM

Feb 2013

legalized discrimination...but it is difficult to prove that it wasn't poor job performance that led to the termination. This case is important for so many reasons, not the least of which is FB and the way so many people post their lives on it and so many employers read, or have someone else, read those posts.

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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