No, I don't trust them to provide for my protection. That said, I've weighed the alternatives and decided I'll be putting my family at worse risk if I forgo my current job than if I'm unarmed at work. Consequently, I've accepted my employer's terms in exchange for my job.
The agreement I signed says no firearms in their buildings and no CCW. I had them type out and enter into my contract a clause laying full responsibility for my safety on them for such situations where a firearm would be a reasonable deterrent for. Ie; a co-worker on a rampage. They hemmed an hawed, but signed it.
I think that's great. Nice work of getting them to agree. While I don't know how large your employer is, I suspect many large companies would not insert such a provision in the agreement.
None of which applies to the above article though. While Weyerhauser may have changed their policy, there is no mention of the guy in question actually agreeing to the "No Firearms in your cars policy". He even volunteered to allow them to search his vehicle after their dogs "hit" on his truck. He felt he had nothing to hide, including his legally owned firearms.
I would argue that distribution of the new policy coupled with his continued use of the company parking lot is tacit agreement.
I understand where you're going with allowing the search, but if one knows a search is inevitable the calculation is to allow it and try to persuade the authority that your cooperation should be worth something.
Admittedly, I don't know the circumstances above/beyond what I've read here, so this is all conjecture. I guess the real story will come out soon enough.
I think we've got around 20,000 in the US, Germany, and China. I brokered the deal based off of similar policies with other employers in the area.
Major policy changes here require a signed copy be kept with the employees record. This negates the "but I didn't know" factor. Hopefully, we'll get more details on this. Sounds like a try and korporate kommunism though...
I would argue that distribution of the new policy coupled with his continued use of the company parking lot is tacit agreement
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