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Why Don't We Demand 1st Amendment Rights on the Job?

Lindorff, Dave
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/26/why-dont-we-demand-1st-amendment-rights-on-the-job/

Publisher:  CounterPunch
Date Written:  26/09/2017
Year Published:  2017  
Resource Type:  Article

Most workers in the US who speak their minds are at the risk of being fired, and have little recourse if they are let go for publicaly expressing opinions that aren't shared by the boss.

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Freedom of speech, that hallowed and much touted supposed birthright of all Americans, actually only applies during the hours that that we are sleeping, traveling to and from work, on our days off, or at home. And even then, as people are discovering with employers monitoring their personal blogs, Facebook pages and Tweets, and firing them for things they may have said or written, we're not so free

Hooray for the professional ball players who, following the lead of the heroic former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick, are engaging their public protests before the fans and asserting their right to speak their minds about racism and the national epidemic of police brutality against and murders of African Americans.
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