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Typical Black, liberal New Yawker. And an idiot. She has it better here than anywhere in the world and does not respect or appreciate what she has!
Typical Black, liberal New Yawker. And an idiot. She has it better here than anywhere in the world and does not respect or appreciate what she has!
Does anyone else see the irony in the "Now Hiring" pin she's wearing??
But seriously...
If her claim that pro-Trump pins and pendants is true, then HD may have a tough time with this one. They have every right to implement a new policy that forbids all political expression at work, but if they are only forbidding certain ones, then they could be facing some trouble. It brings up the question of how far a company can go in this arena. If you can tell your employees that you support Hillary (because she represents the core beliefs of your company) and if they wear a Trump t-shirt, they will be fired, since that t-shirt shows that you don't believe in the companies core beliefs, is that a violation of the employee's rights?? Is allowing someone to wear the Trump t-shirt without any repercussions a violation of the company's rights to ensure that their employees conform to their core beliefs?? This could easily blow up into a ****storm of a legal case....
Not at work she doesn't. Or framed another way, freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from firing because of said speech.
She has the right to free speech, too.
Then HD needs to make it a company policy.
If she was white do you think she would've gotten the same attention?
If other employees were wearing pro Trump pins then perhaps they need to make it a policy...in writing.No they don't. According to NY state employment law they just have to warn her that wearing the hat is bad for business. She does it again they can fire her. AND unless she's under contract they don't even have to give her hours, they can cut her back to five hours a week if they want.
As to that last, yes, I absolutely think her skin color would have nothing to do with this.
I Googled Krystal Lake Home Depot in an attempt to find out which store she works in. None of the stories mentions her place of employment.
But the Google search did refer me to a Home Depot store located in Crystal Lake, Illinois!
Funny twist.
The article said it was one of their stores in New York City.
Yeah...one in Staten Island. Not sure if they have several there or not.
The "Staten Island Advance" is a newspaper that reported the story. That doesn't mean that is where the store is located. NYC is on Manhattan Island.
Staten Island is part of New York City...and LARGER than Manhattan Island.
She has the right to free speech, too.
And her company has the right to firing her for displaying it.
Just like at the company I work for that makes products. If a customer comes in, ready to buy thousands of product X, I don't really have the right to my free speech in telling said customer "You know Company X actually makes Product X much better!" and expect to keep my job.
Everyone has freedoms. They just aren't free.
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