Business owner, Jim Serowski, recently fired several of his employees with no regrets due to their participation in the nationwide "A Day Without Immigrants" protest. This protest was made to send a message to President Donald Trump about his unmoving stance on immigration. Serowski states that prior to this, he told his workers, "If you're going to stand up for what you believe in, you have to be willing to pay the price." Then fired every worker that skipped work for this protest.
This topic is interesting to think about. Because on one I believe that the workers should be allowed to participate in this protest, since it majorly affects them. However, I can also understand the business in the fact that during this protest, they were losing (or just gaining) money. But at the same time, I feel that the business should've prepared for this in some sort of way, since it was a nationwide protest. I just hope the workers in this situation were able to find a better job with a hopefully better boss.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/us/workers-fired-day-without-immigrants/index.html
The thing is, he is right about having to pay a price for what you believe in, but firing them is not what that saying means. These people are working for him under (most likely) less than minimum wage and long hours, yet he has no sympathy for these people that do so much for his company.
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I agree with what you're saying. The protestors have the right to stand up for what they believe in, and the business owner did clearly state there would be consequences. However, the owner didn't state what those consequences would be and I don't think that firing a significant number of employees would be good for him or the company as a whole.
ReplyDeleteStanding up for what you believe in has always been something encouraged and I don't think it should be enforced with a consequence that big if the protester did not damage a view towards the company. They only stood up to themselves and they need to put themselves into their shoes at moments .
ReplyDeleteYeah, I believe in these protests, but I understand why it was "bad".
ReplyDeleteProtests are a great and encouraged thing if you do them correctly but at some point a line is drawn and it goes too far.
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