This is such BS. The employee is an “employee at will”. While they had no right to deny union representation they have every right to terminate the employee for her Facebook comments, unless protected by her collective bargaining.
There is no “right” to say what you want without consequence. You can say it but be prepared to pay the price.
not with the bleeding heart liberals we have running the country. If you own anything you are always wrong, and you must be ripping people off if you make a profit
Always makes me laugh when these right-wing, church-going, bible-toting idiots take jabs at the bleeding liberals. In the bible, Jesus said, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” What hypocrites!
first of all, freedom of speech! what happened that we can’t say what we want? if you go online, you have to actually view those comments yourself and have to be a friend of that person to do so. for them to actually say you can’t talk about me on the internet, needs to be sent to court! we have a right to our opinion, just need to be accurate if we are stating any positives of negatives about the company. remember, that facebook is a community and should be covered under free speech. it would be something different if it was a newspaper that was allowing a printed version of the paper…whereas, facebook is not!
First “Chuckles”…You correctly site the bible but what does that have to do with an employer terminating an employee?
And “wudchuck”…the employee has the right to speak out, but the employer also has the right to excercise his freedom and that freedom includes who does or does not work for him. You can always excercise your right to free speech but that doesn’t mean it comes without consequence. First Amendment free speech is to be free from government interference, not private commerce between two individuals.
first of all, we have the right to freedom of speech. i never said it gave them the right to fire them. problem i would have if the basis of firing is on the speech, and not the ability of doing the job, then the company is in the wrong. now, if she was doing this activity from the confines of work, then we have another issue.
“Employee at will” means just that. If the employer doesn’t like the color of her sneakers they can fire the employee. The employer has the right and ability to hire and fire as they see fit. It does not matter that the action is conducted on their own time or not. The problem in the above case for the employer is the presence of the union and likely some type of collective bargaining. However if silent on the issue then the employer is perfectly within their right to terminate the employee for their actions on Facebook.
If the employee feels strongly about the postion he/she has taken then they should be fully willing to accept the consequences of their action.
The feds will not have a case on this one because if they do, it will usurp the rights of employers everywhere.
actually, you will find out the feds will not like that… they need more than just stating you wore red shoes… the ability to work and do your job is going to be the key, being on time is the key… but just to fire, because, that will be an issue…
you may be correct wudchuck but it shouldn’t be. If an employee has the complete right to leave a job at any time, then the employer should have a similiar right at any time to terminate. Both should be free to end the relatinship at any time. We wouldn’t hold an employee at a job because they didn’t like the employer, why then should it be a different standard for the employer?
This is such BS. The employee is an “employee at will”. While they had no right to deny union representation they have every right to terminate the employee for her Facebook comments, unless protected by her collective bargaining.
There is no “right” to say what you want without consequence. You can say it but be prepared to pay the price.
not with the bleeding heart liberals we have running the country. If you own anything you are always wrong, and you must be ripping people off if you make a profit
Always makes me laugh when these right-wing, church-going, bible-toting idiots take jabs at the bleeding liberals. In the bible, Jesus said, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” What hypocrites!
first of all, freedom of speech! what happened that we can’t say what we want? if you go online, you have to actually view those comments yourself and have to be a friend of that person to do so. for them to actually say you can’t talk about me on the internet, needs to be sent to court! we have a right to our opinion, just need to be accurate if we are stating any positives of negatives about the company. remember, that facebook is a community and should be covered under free speech. it would be something different if it was a newspaper that was allowing a printed version of the paper…whereas, facebook is not!
I’ll take these in order…
First “Chuckles”…You correctly site the bible but what does that have to do with an employer terminating an employee?
And “wudchuck”…the employee has the right to speak out, but the employer also has the right to excercise his freedom and that freedom includes who does or does not work for him. You can always excercise your right to free speech but that doesn’t mean it comes without consequence. First Amendment free speech is to be free from government interference, not private commerce between two individuals.
first of all, we have the right to freedom of speech. i never said it gave them the right to fire them. problem i would have if the basis of firing is on the speech, and not the ability of doing the job, then the company is in the wrong. now, if she was doing this activity from the confines of work, then we have another issue.
“Employee at will” means just that. If the employer doesn’t like the color of her sneakers they can fire the employee. The employer has the right and ability to hire and fire as they see fit. It does not matter that the action is conducted on their own time or not. The problem in the above case for the employer is the presence of the union and likely some type of collective bargaining. However if silent on the issue then the employer is perfectly within their right to terminate the employee for their actions on Facebook.
If the employee feels strongly about the postion he/she has taken then they should be fully willing to accept the consequences of their action.
The feds will not have a case on this one because if they do, it will usurp the rights of employers everywhere.
actually, you will find out the feds will not like that… they need more than just stating you wore red shoes… the ability to work and do your job is going to be the key, being on time is the key… but just to fire, because, that will be an issue…
you may be correct wudchuck but it shouldn’t be. If an employee has the complete right to leave a job at any time, then the employer should have a similiar right at any time to terminate. Both should be free to end the relatinship at any time. We wouldn’t hold an employee at a job because they didn’t like the employer, why then should it be a different standard for the employer?