HELP! Democrat allegedly fired for wearing Kerry/Edwards T-shirt . . .

[Heidi]

when he went to his place of employment in Tahlequah to pick up his check on his day off.

In Oklahoma, what is the appropriate venue for filing a grievance about this sort of employee abuse?

[bobbieinok]

1. try checking with your county dem party

there were several labor lawyers in the Tulsa co dem party 'regulars' in 2000

have the impression that with the right-to-work law passed in 2001, there may be little that can be done....

[Heidi]

2. Thanks . . .

This happened in Cherokee County.

[jdots]

3. I know people who were fired for having Kerry stickers

The tuff part is proving things when you go up against a lying sack of mucus that would fire someone for this.

[Heidi]

4. Discussion . . .

Here's a link to a local (Tahlequah) discussion of the situation:

http://www.tahlequahtattler.com/forum/showthread.php?p=17033#post17033

[TomClash]

5. This is illegal in NY . . .

but I doubt it is illegal in Oklahoma.

[Pump Man]

6. OKIE home of the kool-aid drinkers church on every corner vote

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6092749

[Coyote_Bandit]

7. Sadly Oklahoma Is an Employment at Will State

Which basically means that an employer can terminate an employee at any time for any reason - or for no reason at all. Major exceptions to this include those who are union members and those whose work is pursuant to the terms of a written contract of employment.

Try filing a complaint with the Labor Board. Though I have little hope that it will be effective.