They have every right to protest to make a point, but they do not have a right to do so free of consequences.
LEXINGTON COUNTY, South Carolina — Twenty-one people were fired from a South Carolina company after taking part in the Day Without Immigrants protest.
The movement closed restaurants and shops across the country to show the contributions immigrants have on the American workforce.
Juvenito Quintana and 20 others all missed work on February 16. The next day, they got a letter from Encore Boat Builders LLC in Lexington.
The letter said they were being terminated for no-show/ no-call-in. Their last day listed was February 16, the day of the protest.
Quintana says some employees got calls from management the day before telling them not to miss or else they’d lose their job. That’s why he said a lot didn’t call in, for fear.
Most of the employees had been working there for years and have small children. Quintana is a permanent resident and feels like the termination was unfair.
It looks like the employer acted in good faith and even warned the employees. On a side note, we should have a Day Without Pasty White Guys and watch every IT department in the nation grind to a halt.
Would have been great to do this with Act 10 protest participants that missed work unexcused.
BUT the Act 10 protesters had a doctor’s note excusing them for their absence so they got paid. OMG-paid protesters. Who would have thunk?