Worker at Kansas company claims he was fired for supporting Obama

[babylonsister]

Company president’s political e-mail was no joke, fired worker contends
By DIANE STAFFORD
The Kansas City Star


Elliot Snell believes he was fired from KK Office Solutions in Kansas City, Kan., because he voted for Barack Obama.

As evidence, in a lawsuit filed this month in Wyandotte County District Court, is an e-mail sent by the company’s president and CEO, Matt Brandt.

A week before the November 2008 election, Brandt sent a “Notice to All Employees” outlining “new policies” if Obama was elected. It concluded with: “If for any reason you are not happy with the new policies, you may want to rethink your vote on November 4th.”

Snell, who said he was a vocal Obama supporter, was fired two weeks after the election.

William Tretbar, Brandt’s attorney, said the e-mail was a forwarded joke and “obviously a poor decision and one he already regrets.”

Tretbar said the company didn’t know whom Snell voted for and “given the outrageous statements in the e-mail, any reasonable reader would conclude it was an attempt at humor.”

Lawrence Williamson, the attorney for Snell, said it didn’t look that way to Snell.

“The company president signed his name to it,” Williamson said. “You just shouldn’t see something like that from a company president.”

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[ingac70]

1. Joke or not....

the company Pres. if fixin' to get what he asked for.

[CanonRay]

2. It should be KKK Office Solutions

[ej510]

3. That email will cost his company thousands of dollars in damage.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. The company president

wretched bastid that he is, still has a job. It's just a fact of life in corporate America that shit floats to the top.

[uponit7771]

5. I used to live in Johnson county Kansas which is south of KCK, yes...they're that stupid

[annabanana]

6. "it was a joke"

haha


what a lame excuse

[Obamacare]

7. They always say it was a joke

The guy who brought the gun to the townhall meeting said it was a joke created by a radio station. These rethugs need to come up with better excuses because they aren't fooling anyone!!shakes head

[beachmom]

8. It's my understanding you can be fired for any reason except discrimination

based on race, gender, religion.

It is my view that employees should mostly keep their politics to themselves for this reason. Until people can be protected from such arbitrary firings, then that is the safest route.