The High Cost of Marching
10:43 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Immigration| Michigan
13 Apr 2006
Ok anti-immigrant activists, get your cheer on and start your engines cuz this bit of new should make you all a little happy. Telemundo is reporting that at least 21 Mexican women have been fired from their jobs at Wolvering Packing in Detriot for missing work and participating in a pro-immigration march on March 27. A rep for the company said that the women, some who are undocumented, were told that their pressence was needed at work that day and if they missed work they would be fired.
Elena Herrada, an activist in Detriot said:
If the women had been advised, they would have never missed work. People do not want to lose their jobs, what sustains their families.
Plant administrator Jay Bonahoom claims to have no idea that he had undocumented workers in the plant, stating he was assured the workers legal status through a third party agency….wait for the punchline here folks…..Minuteman Staffing. Ay the irony!
Via / Telemundo.com
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1 Response to The High Cost of Marching
Josue
April 16th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Hay! Being a victim sounds so much more heroic, doesn’t it?
“If the women had been advised, they would have never missed work”
Well, its a normal unspoken rule that if you don’t show up to work, and you don’t have a medical reason, its ground for dismisall. Anyone knows that…
This is America, not France! We have a right to protest and speak out–sure, but this right does not and should not infring on a company’s ability to operate their business. Pretty basic concept of Liberty–freedom bound by moral ethics.