From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 10:40:49 PST
Someone within Pep Boys should be fired for doing that regardless of their
intent. Any decent HR person would have recognized that firing Reservists
who have been called up would be a PR disaster.
Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:35:42 -0500, FireflyArms <info@fireflyarms.com>
wrote:
> Sorry for taking up bandwidth with this but...
>
> If you read the article, you'll see that in both of the cases mentioned
> the employees were terminated for "poor job performance" NOT specifically
> because of their military service.
>
> As in everything we read/see/hear in the media, I'm sure there are two
> sides to this story. I'll prefer to remember the phrase "innocent until
> proven guilty" and withold my personal Pep Boys boycott until the case is
> settled in court.
>
> Sam B.
> http://www.fireflyarms.com
>
>> ===== Original Message From Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> =====
>> At 10:46 AM -0600 3/19/03, J Travis wrote:
>>> I thought there was a law on the books against that? (There should
>>> be, anyway.)
>>
>> There is a law, which makes Pep-Boys decisions all the more stupid.
>>
>> Section 4311(a) of USERRA provides as follows:
>> A person who is a member of, applies to be a member of, performs, has
>> performed, applies to perform or has an obligation to perform in a
>> uniformed service shall not be denied initial employment,
>> re-employment, retention in employment, promotion or any benefit of
>> employment by an employer on the basis of that membership,
>> application for membership, performance of service, application for
>> service or obligation
>> --
>> Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
>
>
>
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-- Dave
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