Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 11:21:15 GMT -5
Business owners stand by decision to fire workers who protested by not showing up for work on "A Day without Immigrants." www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/us/workers-fired-day-without-immigrants/
I'm on Team Business Owner here.
As most of you will have gathered reading my posts, I'm pro-immigrant (and migrant) and favor making it easier for them to come to this country. But you don't just not show up for work and leave your boss, colleagues, and customers in the lurch. There are lots of ways to protest and make your voice heard. One of the owners in the article noted:
If you can get the day off, or persuade your boss to close, terrific. But I don't think you just get to not show up for work -- unless you're willing to face the consequences.
(FYI, under U.S. labor law, workers can be fired with no notice and no reason given.)
What do YOU think?
Jim Serowski said his employees told him they planned to skip work on Thursday to participate in "A Day Without Immigrants," the nationwide day of protest.
Serowski, founder of JVS Masonry in Commerce City, Colorado, said his message to them was clear and unwavering:
"If you're going to stand up for what you believe in you have to be willing to pay the price."
As promised, when his foreman and some 30 brick layers failed to show up for work he fired them all with no regrets, he said.
He insisted it had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with business.
"I stand by what I believe in. I didn't do anything wrong," he said in a phone interview Sunday.
"They were warned, 'if you do this you're hurting the company, and if you go against the team you're not a member of the team.'"
Serowski, founder of JVS Masonry in Commerce City, Colorado, said his message to them was clear and unwavering:
"If you're going to stand up for what you believe in you have to be willing to pay the price."
As promised, when his foreman and some 30 brick layers failed to show up for work he fired them all with no regrets, he said.
He insisted it had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with business.
"I stand by what I believe in. I didn't do anything wrong," he said in a phone interview Sunday.
"They were warned, 'if you do this you're hurting the company, and if you go against the team you're not a member of the team.'"
Bill McNally, owner of "I Don't Care Bar and Grill" in Catoosa, Oklahoma, said his 12 line cooks gave him no heads up that they planned to participate in the day of action. They didn't even call to say they were not coming in.
Consequently, he said they were fired just like anyone else who's a no-show for work.
"I'm on their side but we have rules at "I Don't Care Bar and Grill." If you're going to be late call in. If you're not coming to work call us. That's the American way," he said.
Consequently, he said they were fired just like anyone else who's a no-show for work.
"I'm on their side but we have rules at "I Don't Care Bar and Grill." If you're going to be late call in. If you're not coming to work call us. That's the American way," he said.
I'm on Team Business Owner here.
As most of you will have gathered reading my posts, I'm pro-immigrant (and migrant) and favor making it easier for them to come to this country. But you don't just not show up for work and leave your boss, colleagues, and customers in the lurch. There are lots of ways to protest and make your voice heard. One of the owners in the article noted:
McNally also insisted it had nothing to do with politics. Had he known about the protests he said he would have closed the restaurant in solidarity.
Why fire them, then?
"They just forgot about the 50 other people who work here," he said. "If the cooks don't show up then servers don't have jobs and customers can't eat."
Why fire them, then?
"They just forgot about the 50 other people who work here," he said. "If the cooks don't show up then servers don't have jobs and customers can't eat."
If you can get the day off, or persuade your boss to close, terrific. But I don't think you just get to not show up for work -- unless you're willing to face the consequences.
(FYI, under U.S. labor law, workers can be fired with no notice and no reason given.)
What do YOU think?
