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In reply to the discussion: Vegas Employer: Obama Won–So I Fired 22 Employees [View all]LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)81. He runs the ticket booth. n/t
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Will probably be hearing lots more of these "scary" stories in the next few weeks
sammytko
Nov 2012
#12
On what basis? If they are at will employees, he could have just as soon fired them if
ProgressiveProfessor
Nov 2012
#36
Like he'd ever have 22 people he didn't actually need to run his business on the payroll
gollygee
Nov 2012
#5
that is what i am thinking. businesses are already so stream lined. an employee doing more than
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#17
But 22 is a large number. Does it qualify for the WARN Act notifications? n/t
OrwellwasRight
Nov 2012
#30
Not if you're covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (aka 'Contract'). Those
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#50
If it could or ever was true, F the employer, the employees make the bussiness mostly anyway
nolabels
Nov 2012
#29
Right. The guy has a "thriving business" and cans appx 20% of his employees after an election
Whovian
Nov 2012
#32
I'm not aware of any laws that prohibit firing someone for their political beliefs n/t
SickOfTheOnePct
Nov 2012
#57
Oh, for Chrissakes, it's CBS. (They predicted race as too close to call the day before
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#48
If I were re-writing their story, it would read like something like this:
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#92
If true that makes the owner to blame for the harm to the economy - not President Obama.
jwirr
Nov 2012
#73
Gillespie is the morning news host; Wall the afternoon drive time talk show host.
alp227
Nov 2012
#102
" I always made sure that when I went without a paycheck that made sure they were paid"
Matariki
Nov 2012
#80
I smell BS - name your business chickenshit, lets see you survive without dem $$$
City of Mills
Nov 2012
#84
Job Cremators--that's what they actually are! The veil has been lifted on another GOPBig Lie
librechik
Nov 2012
#85
Translation: I am a shitty businessman who's failed and is now scapegoating
Care Acutely
Nov 2012
#90