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2004-09-15 Home Front: Politix
Kerry Hires Ala. Woman Fired for (Kerry) Sticker (another story)
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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-09-15 7:00:49 AM|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 poor fool. So now she has a job for two months, some cash that is equivalent to maybe one or two months rent - and no job come December, when she can hit the road with all of the other unemployed Kerry staffers.
Posted by 2B 2004-09-15 10:07:14 AM||   2004-09-15 10:07:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Gobbell said her former employer had told her she could either work for him or Kerry.

You know this sounds like the woman was doing a lot more for Kerry then having a bumper sticker on her car. Like she was doing work for Kerry on-the-job instead of what she was being paid for. Not every company wants to 'sponsor workers' like the unions do.

Has anyone contacted her ex-boss? This story is from AP.
Posted by CrazyFool  2004-09-15 10:10:57 AM||   2004-09-15 10:10:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Probably she was doing campaign related stuff on company time. That seems to be strangely missing from the story.
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-15 10:43:46 AM||   2004-09-15 10:43:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Goebbells, huh? Oh, sorry that was another big liar
Posted by Frank G  2004-09-15 10:58:32 AM||   2004-09-15 10:58:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I am Union and we are allowed to display things inside our cubicle as long as they are not offensive. I think this is a universal rule for office workers. We are also allowed to use email as long as it doesn't affect work. I do have a 'W'04' sticker in my cubicle and my political views are well known. But if I started to active campaign for Bush at work I susepct I would be asked to stop. I bet there is more to this ladies termination than a bumber sticker. If not there is am army of lawyers out there that would love to take her case.
Posted by Cyber Sarge  2004-09-15 11:07:07 AM||   2004-09-15 11:07:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The fact that no lawsuit was mentioned speaks volumes.
Posted by OldSpook 2004-09-15 11:12:00 AM||   2004-09-15 11:12:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Indeed. Alabama juries are known for windfall punitive damage awards. Funny that an aggrieved employee would turn to Kerry rather than his ambulance-chaser sidekick.
Posted by lex 2004-09-15 12:05:07 PM||   2004-09-15 12:05:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 CS We have a policy like that too. You can place 'personal' pictures and things inside your cube but not outside. You can't wear advertising t-shirts or shirts with anything but a small logo on it. Its a good policy to keep things toned down.

I was referring to the Unions themselves paying 'volunteers' to man phone banks, etc... which is a indirect contribution.
Posted by CrazyFool  2004-09-15 12:17:21 PM||   2004-09-15 12:17:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 See? Hire everyone in sight... he's got to have a campaign staff verging on a medium-sized company by now.
Posted by eLarson 2004-09-15 12:27:05 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2004-09-15 12:27:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 This sounds like Crazyfool and Oldspook have it figured. If anyone was fired for having a poltical bumper sticker there would be one hell of a lawsuit. This smells worse than a Bulgarian busdriver's week old odor-eaters.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-09-15 12:51:46 PM||   2004-09-15 12:51:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Geez, I wonder if she gets benefits: full medical, dental, eye, drug co-pay under $10, paid tuition reimbursement, 401k, profit sharing, two weeks paid vacation, sick days, personal days, child care, etc.

Someone should make sure that Kerry/Edwards isn't exploiting this poor woman.

And wait until they tax her $1,800 windfall...
Posted by JDB 2004-09-15 4:17:12 PM||   2004-09-15 4:17:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#12  See? Hire everyone in sight... he's got to have a campaign staff verging on a medium-sized company by now.

So that's how Kerry will deal with the 'lack of job creation' issue...
Posted by Raj  2004-09-15 10:41:20 PM||   2004-09-15 10:41:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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