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Related: About this forumCoal miners say they were forced to attend Romney event and donate
Woah! Isn't this illegal by companies?
Yes, we were in fact told that the Romney event was mandatory and would be without pay, that the hours spent there would need to be made up my non-salaried employees outside of regular working hours, with the only other option being to take a pay cut for the equivalent time, the employees told Blomquist. Yes, letters have gone around with lists of names of employees who have not attended or donated to political events.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/28/coal-miners-say-they-were-forced-to-attend-romney-event-and-donate/
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Coal miners say they were forced to attend Romney event and donate (Original Post)
johnnyrocket
Aug 2012
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GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)1. Welcome to Romney's America
catbyte
(34,485 posts)2. Can the Company Store be far behind?
If Mitt gets in, he'll probably say it's OK to not have to pay miners with actual money like they did in the old days. After all, Mitt wants the bottom to fall out of the housing market so his vulture cronies can buy the houses and rent them back to their former owners, further eroding the middle class. What a piece of putrid scum. Apologies to actual, feathered vultures who perform a vital ecological service!
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)4. lol...and vultures have better personalities.
Seriously, though, this is one of many, many reasons why Romney is so damned frightening.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,446 posts)3. Wonder if they'll be ordered to VOTE for Romney too
doc03
(35,389 posts)5. I heard yesterday on Thom Harmann that under the Citizens United ruling it is perfectly leagal and
the company can even force you to campaign for their candidate if they want.
doc03
(35,389 posts)6. Bob Murray their employer closed his non union mines and made them attend but
the one UAW mine he owns operated that day.
Kteachums
(331 posts)7. Vote Obama and save your a--es!