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By: Chatham

I don’t disagree that Eric is better than the majority of bloggers on the left that focus on the current GOP gaffes or whatever (a pretty low bar). Still, his comment is similar to a number of others...

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By: Chatham

I don’t think a battle’s going to make much of a difference (and it often makes people hostile to your efforts). I think this would be a better way to go about things:...

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By: Hogan

It would be both unfair and a labor practice, but “unfair labor practice” is a term of art referring to specific violations of the National Labor Relations Act. Neither always available scheduling nor...

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By: Sherm

This is 100% correct. Few people appreciate the fact that employers can pretty much do whatever they damn please to their employees, so long as its not discriminatory in nature.

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By: Sherm

I also want to add (for John) that employers do not need a reason to fire people they don’t like. An employer can fire an at will employee for any non-discriminatory reason, or for no reason at all.

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By: Hogan

“In Bay City,” said Maglashan, “we could murder you for that.” “In Bay City you could murder me for wearing a blue tie,” I said.

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By: Sherm

I’m missing the literary reference, but funny in any event because I have actually told people that an employer can fire you if they don’t like your tie.

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By: Hogan

Raymond Chandler. In the Marlowe novels the Bay City cops are notoriously brutal and corrupt, even compared to LA, which is saying something.

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By: JL

To be fair, sometimes a battle works. Stonewall was a battle. The labor movement had a lot of battles. And pretty much all tactics have the potential to alienate someone, because people are...

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