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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:44 PM Original message |
"Right to Work" and "At Will Employment" laws are evil and vindictive. My personal reason why... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is simply fucked up |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. where did you get the baracktoberfest logo? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Schlafly Brewing in STL |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I can see one little problem with Palin Ale, though... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. LOL true |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's a perfect example of corporate greed, nor sadly, is it the only one ... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't that, uh, FRAUD or something? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wal-Mart regularly takes out life insurance policies against its own employees. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. They're called "Dead Peasant Policies." |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. This guy was no "peasant" |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. peasant or key employee is irrelevant |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. He would have bought the insurance LONG before the cancer diagnosis |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:06 PM Original message |
the fraud part is purchasing life insurance AFTER a stomach cancer diagnosis |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. sorry dupe delete EOM |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. If we don't get rid of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 during this administration we never will |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Taft Hartley was the end of the New Deal |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. What does it take to overturn it? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. In short, yes. The only problem is conservatives on both sides have blocked that attempt. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. yes, I think overturning its worst sections was an AFL-CIO priority |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. And one of the biggest advocates for the repeal of Taft-Hartley is... |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. that plant manager took out a policy |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If not criminal then worthy of a beating to the point of permanent disability. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. sometimes I think the Moly Maquires had the right idea |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. One of her friends is the meanest shark in town. This fuckhead is on his list |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I think karma will get that guy in a big way |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Can you help get him on a DUI |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. He's gotten at least one that I know of |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. That is enraging |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Anyone who can do something like this doesn't care what anyone thinks about it |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Disgusting corporate greed... |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'd bet he'll never collect on the policy. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Mutts are the healthiest, smartest dogs. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Did you perhaps choose the wrong thread to post this in? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. ... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. They should contact a lawyer INSTANTLY. Sacking someone who's ill |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. yes this is completely illegal in the usa, assuming it occured here |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. oops, you're right, my outrage made me lose track of the fact that he'd died |
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