The Freedom of Speech issue will be a source of conflict for decades to come. No matter how reprehensible the message was by the Neo-Nazis, they had the right to march on city property...just as the local NAACP has that right also. I had a friend of mine fired from his job because he posted on a blog his displeasure with another co-worker that kisses a$$ at work, that he didn't even name, but since everyone knows who it is they didn't need the name posted. I was repremanded at work myself because I told someone in personel "your insurance plan is a krock and maybe if I file a greivance something will get done." The irony is that the second part of the sentence was in my repremand.
Also, my employer has an "open door" policy that was addressed in our latest newsletter. A fellow employee was wondering if we had an open door policy why are people disciplined, or lashed at, for going to higher levels of management? The VP of Personell defended the open door policy that it works, however, "you still need to go thru your chain of command"...in essence telling you the open door policy was null and void.
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