Re: OT ~ A Layoff Notice

On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:12:33 -0400, Carl A. in FL wrote:

Dear Employees

As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that
Barrack 0bama is our President, and that our taxes and government fees
will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, our
prices would have to increase by about 10%. But since we cannot increase
our prices right now due to the dismal state of the economy, we will
have to lay off sixty of our employees instead. This has really been
bothering me since I believe we are family here and I didn't know how to
choose who would have to go.

So, this is what I did.

I walked through our parking lots and found sixty 'Obama' bumper
stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the
ones to let go. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this
problem. They voted for change...... I gave it to them.

I will see the rest of you at the annual company picnic.

THE BOSS



For those of you who may be thinking "there must be a law against that
sort of thing", guess again.

Here's an on-the-point article from today's Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-j-wilson/businesses-can-now-legall_b_480028.html

Fair use quotation:

But this is 2010, and Congress has not passed a law preventing employers
from firing workers because of their political views. Only five state
legislatures have passed such legislation.

Regards, John Kinney


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