Posted on 02/18/2017 7:34:24 AM PST by lowbridge
A dozen workers at a Catoosa restaurant are without a job today after getting fired for skipping work as a show of support for “A Day Without Immigrants.”
The restaurant workers are all Hispanic and they say it was important to them to participate in the national protest.
But they didn’t think it would cost them their jobs.
“They feel like they’ve been unfairly terminated," said a friend, translating for the employees.
The group worked at “I Don’t Care” Bar and Grill in Catoosa. They talked to us after they were fired for not showing up to work. They asked us to not show their faces or give their names.
“(They’ve) been working there for almost two years since the restaurant opened," said the friend.
The group willingly chose to stay home with others across the country supporting “A Day Without Immigrants.”
“(They’re) upset they stood for something they felt was necessary so the community would stand together, and they got terminated for that," said the friend,
The six are a part of a group of 12 kitchen staff let go.
The owner fired them by text message.
A message to one of the employees reads: "You and your family are fired. I hope you enjoyed your day off, and you can enjoy many more. Love you.”
(Excerpt) Read more at ktul.com ...
Odds mean supposition. I don’t disagree on the odds - only the certainty you expressed.
“No English. Needed an interpreter. 10 to 1 they’re illegals”
Like how on Earth is it even possible to have whole areas of cities full of people from Latin America that are broke and CANNOT speak a lick of English if they actually went through the legal immigration process?
““(They’re) upset they stood for something they felt was necessary so the community would stand together, and they got terminated for that,” said the friend”
I Don’t Care.
Oh my. Hahahaha
I’m not a journalist and posted my opinion.
Shaking my head.
Sounds like the owner knew what he was doping...and that he wasn’t in violation....and all his paperwork is in order...
Well I was just told it was supposition and I’m posting fake news so.....there ya go. Lol
“I’m not a journalist and posted my opinion”
Er, you posted ‘it is a known fact’.
That is not an opinion. That is a defamatory statement against a business unless you have a source for your ‘known fact’.
“New media no longer says illegal. They just say immigrants.”
They didn’t even call them immigrants.
Don’t defame a business with FAKE news.
I did not “think”. That is the problem. All too many Liberals do not “think” illegal aliens are not breaking the law. Illegal= unlawful which if one consults Webster’s dictionary it means breaking the law. Aiding abetting anyone breaking the law “Thinking or not” is breaking the law. So if you are in this country illegal at least keep you trap shut and head down. “Think about it”
More likely, unfairly hired.
If they were restaurant staff they were likely illegals. The truth isn’t defamation. :-)
“If they were restaurant staff they were likely illegals. The truth isn’t defamation. :-)”
So you go from ‘likely’ to it is the truth!
“Mob mentality before the protest; “They can’t fire all of us, right?” Wrong”
Yeah, ask the air traffic controllers.
I met one of them years later, he was working the counter at a pizza place.
OK you win they were all 5th generation Americans who can’t speak English. LOL!
“They feel like they have been treated unfairly”. Said a friend translating for the employees.
They can’t speak English but I’m sure they are all so so legal with all the proper visas from Mexico. LOL!
That’s terrible. Maybe they can sue .../S
Hmm...you must not be a Mexican immigrant, Millenial, pubic school teacher, media minion or gov’t employee. You understand that a job exists for an employee to provide a service to an employer, and not employers ‘owing jobs to people’. How old school...
“They can’t speak English “
You just made that up!
Their termination notice was in ENGLISH!
Read the article. I posted a direct quote. No habla Ingles! LOL!
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