Military Mom Pays High Price For Speaking With Son (TENNESSEE)(VIDEO)

News 5 Nashville ^ | 2/17/11 | Amanda Hara

[buccaneer81]

You never had any traction to begin with, whereas I’ve obviously hit a nerve.

[buccaneer81]

You have a hell of a nerve talking about “ordinary decency.” You sir, are in need of a transfusion of decency.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Heh, it didn’t take them long to change their minds once the emails started coming in.

[yorkie01]

Larry, Larry, I believe a well directed attitudinal adjustment is in order from this young Marine when he meets you face-to-face. Stand your steed, girl.

[cva66snipe]

Most employers in Tennessee will make exceptions for military service related circumstances. Management knew the circunstance it seems and chose a hard line attitude. No good for morale nor corporate image. If she was a doctor doing surgery I could understand no calls. In a plant? No and I’ve been around many.

[Balding_Eagle]

You have a hell of a nerve talking about “ordinary decency.” You sir, are in need of a transfusion of decency.

Ordinary decency compels a person to live within the rules of society. This woman flaunted those rules, and the safety of those around her in her selfishness,

Then, to cover up her selfishness, she runs to the press and cries about how unfair the company was enforce rules that ensured the safety of the other employees.

[copwife]

My guess is that she had the job before her son was deployed. I also would guess that if your child were deployed and this was the only chance you had to speak to him/her, you would do the same thing.

[SandRat]

The Unit's/Ship's wives especially the senior wives have a tough duty assisting, mentoring & consoling the junior wives.

As we both know they also get involved with their husbands in providing a bit home comfort to the single service members especially during the holidays.

Civilians just can't fathom that we, no matter what service, are a family, and we take care of our own.

[Verginius Rufus]

At the Constitutional Convention in 1787 they decided to keep the proceedings secret until they were done. That meant someone had to keep an eye on Benjamin Franklin if he was invited to dinner by someone who wasn't a delegate, to prevent him from talking too freely and revealing secrets.

Imagine if there had been cell phones in those days, trying to maintain secrecy.

[RFEngineer]

Thank you.....

[ScottyinTN]

Management knew the circunstance it seems

Big assumption. No.

These really are good family oriented people to work for. Many of them are vets and understand, including some of the management that is being flamed here and elsewhere. I know them personally and they are not bad people. Communication was lacking here. Crane can't make it up for it after the fact, and neither can the employee. And no, I am not management trying to defend myself.

[SandRat]

Looks like I may at Ft. Campbell supporting the Screaming Eagles during Rodeo Week.

Retired in ‘92 and working as a Govt Contractor, but still serving.

[ApplegateRanch]

I believe that during WW II we did indeed have electricity, indoor plumbing, and toilets- at least in most areas of the United States.

Oh really? Towns and cities, (mostly) yes...

So in 1935 Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the Rural Electrification Administration. A year later Congress gave the agency the money and power needed to promote rural electrification by providing low-cost loans to build transmission and generation facilities.

1930 Total population: 122,775,046; farm population: 30,455,350; farmers 21% of labor force; Number of farms: 6,295,000; average acres: 157; irrigated acres: 14,633,252 1932-36

1940 Total population: 131,820,000; farm population: 30,840,000; farmers 18% of labor force; Number of farms: 6,102,000; average acres: 175; irrigated acres: 17,942,968

OTOH 30,000,000+ hayseeds, hicks, rednecks, and s***-kickers in (what was to become) flyover country really don't (not then; not now) count, so yeah; most ever'body had terlets an 'lectricicals, an runnun water...and 40 acres & a mule.

[T-Bird45]

Tennessee is a right to work state so she could have been fired.

Right to work has nothing to do with it - RTW is about unions and being forced to join in order to hold the job. The term you were looking for is "at will employment" regarding both the employer and employee being free to act "at will" to continue or terminate the employment relationship. "At will" means the employer can release without notice and the employee can leave the job without notice.

[Martel1971]

Sure exceptions should be made. They just won’t be. It requires thinking and value judgments, things that management hates to do.

This is going to be the new normal in the work place and we must find ways to deal with it.

As for family and friends serving, I am blessed to know a great many. My employer however doesn’t give one rip.

[muawiyah]

The situation is her son has no control over his schedule. That's because he's fighting a war.

You try to come between a momma bear and her cubs you will get cut ~ bad.

It is up to us to make the arrangements ~ not her. Mother nature cut her out for her role.

[Martel1971]

Right to work has nothing to do with it - RTW is about unions and being forced to join in order to hold the job. The term you were looking for is “at will employment” regarding both the employer and employee being free to act “at will” to continue or terminate the employment relationship. “At will” means the employer can release without notice and the employee can leave the job without notice.

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True and good point. However in a non RTWS there is usually a grievance procedure that this woman could have used (union or not). This is not available in right to work states unless it deals with federal discrimination law.

[Old Student]

Well, apparently the General Manager is a smart boss. He’s reinstated her, paid her for the three days she missed, and changed the company policy.

I guess they were getting a lot of calls, and they have retired military working for them, so got input from within the shop, too.

See post #10 above...

[Old Student]

“This is going to be the new normal in the work place and we must find ways to deal with it.

As for family and friends serving, I am blessed to know a great many. My employer however doesn’t give one rip.”

getting your employer a bunch of calls because you complained and went public seems to work. Maybe you should try it.

See post #10.

[maine-iac7]

Ayuh!

I growed up on one of them farms - they got 'lectrified in the early 1950's.

I'm now an old great granny - lived all over this h'ar Younited States, from really rural to big city and in between - from humble cottage to mansion.

Decided to come back to the woods and altho' I'm 'lectrified and got indoor plumbing, I also have my wood stove and kerosene lamps and my well.

Come the infamous Ice Storm of '98, no power for 19 days - I didn't have to spend hundreds of dollars to stay in a motel. I'm utilizing the best of both worlds = ready for however it hits.