On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:37 AM, David Shemano <[email protected]> wrote: > Raghu asks: >> Surely there is a point where "free speech" by employers crosses the line >> and becomes >> coercive, no?" > > 2. As a practical matter, in democratic capitalist countries rooted in > enlightenment > values, where is the evidence that private employers fire employees for > refusing to tow a > political line?
So if I may summarize, you recognize that it is possible in principle for an employment relationship to become unacceptably coercive, but you believe that there are sufficient social safeguards in modern democratic societies that this is not a problem in practice. This is where I think you are being really, really naive. So instead of a hypothetical, let us look at a real-life example of something that seems very coercive to me. Do you agree that the below is a coercive act? And if so, what remedy would you recommend? http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/08/coal_miners_lost_pay_when_mitt.html ----------------------snip The Pepper Pike company that owns the Century Mine told workers that attending the Aug. 14 Romney event would be both mandatory and unpaid, a top company official said Monday morning in a West Virginia radio interview. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
