dorahuegens member
Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 32
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject: N.J. Transit Worker Fired for Burning Koran Rehired . . . |
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Actually I am surprised that the ACLU took this case being that they normally seem to side against people that burn a Quran. (perhaps a few of them are starting to see what will happen to liberals, freedoms, not to mention their jobs and potentially lives under Islamic rule?)
But then this case is the very essence of the first amendment.
A person on their own time (day off or vacation), not representing or making any connection to their employer, doing their own thing with very rare exceptions the employer should not be able to threaten an employee’s job over what they do on personal time.
copied from:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/22/nj-transit-worker-fired-burning-koran-rehired-compensated-pain-suffering/
N.J. Transit Worker Fired for Burning Koran Rehired, Compensated for 'Pain and Suffering'
Published April 22, 2011
Foxnews.com
A New Jersey Transit worker fired for burning a copy of the Koran near Ground Zero last Sept. 11 is getting his job back– and an extra $25,000 for his troubles.
Derek Fenton, 40, who was fired on Sept. 13, 2010 a day after torching the Muslim holy book at the site of a proposed Islamic center near the former site of the World Trade Center, is set to return to his $86,110-a-year job and receive $25,000 for pain and suffering as well as $331 in back pay for everyday since his dismissal, the Newark Star Ledger reported.
New Jersey Transit also has to pay the ACLU $25,000 in legal fees for bringing the suit on Fenton’s behalf, according to the settlement.
Fenton, who wasn't working that day, was there to mark the ninth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. His protest received national attention as well as criticism from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who supported his firing.
"Our government cannot pick and choose whose free speech rights are protected, based on whether or not they approve of the content of our statements or actions," Fenton said in a statement. "This is the very essence of the First Amendment." |
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