Murray Energy CEO fires 156 workers because he is mad that Obama won

[Bjorn Against]

So What's It Like to Get Fired Because President Obama Was Re-Elected?
ALEXANDER ABAD-SANTOS NOV 9, 2012

On Wednesday Robert Murray, the Chief Executive of Murray Energy, decided to pray and then fire 54 employees at American Coal and 102 more at Utah American Energy. And now it looks like one of Murray's layoffs has taken to Reddit to explain that he was told he was being fired because America chose to re-elect President Obama the night before. Reddit user Kgphoto writes in an Ask Me Anything thread titled "Yesterday I was laid off because President Obama was re-elected:

I worked at a coal mine that decided today to layoff over 40 employees and the only reason that was given was that "America has betrayed coal miners" by re-electing President Obama. Despite the fact that nothing has changed in the two days since the election they decide to lay off employees. I've seen how corrupt the company can be over the years and am fairly certain the layoffs are just a way to make the President look bad.

Kgphoto's account (over 40 employees, "America has betrayed coal miners", etc.) matches up with The Washington Post's Steven Mufson's account of Murray today. Mufson wrote:

On Wednesday, Murray also laid off 54 people at American Coal, one of his subsidiary companies, and 102 at Utah American Energy, blaming a “war on coal” by the administration of President Barack Obama.”

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/11/so-whats-it-get-fired-because-president-obama-was-reelected/58874/

This guy needs to be hung around the neck of every Republican who claims their party is trying to create jobs.

[gulliver]

1. Let's raise Murray's taxes.

Just one more reason.

[struggle4progress]

2. obama's just the excuse he made

[Phentex]

3. still, maybe more employees will think about

the assholes they work for.

I cannot see how these clowns think that punishing their employees will make the others fall in line. ARROGANCE!

[valerief]

4. Republican values at work. nt

[Sadiedog]

5. This is very disturbing!

I wish that I could offer each of those employees a new job but I can`t. There has to be something the collective here can do.

[ceeRoy]

6. Isn't this

Class Warfare....??

[mnhtnbb]

7. No, it's fascism. Government exists to serve the corporate master.

"Fascists seek to organize a nation according to corporatist perspectives, values, and systems, including the political system and the economy. "

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fascism