Ohio miners forced to attend Romney rally without pay...

[FireIceTalon]

Preach on brother Loch. Glad someone else here sees the wrong in this whole thing. I don't think any person should be compelled to attend a political event and be told it is mandatory by ANYONE, especially their job, or not be paid for it to boot - regardless if their political views are the same or not.

I probably did not make myself clear. It is not, in my opinion, made clear whether there were or weren't any repercussions (dirty looks, lists, salt in their sugar bowls, firing, whatever) for those that didn't attend. What nobody is denying is that the non-salaried employees weren't paid for an entire day because of the political event. Had they been paid, the rest becomes he said she said.

Right. But even if there were no repercussions, there was a threat, empty or not, made to them, yes (in addition to them not being paid for the day)? Just these two things alone should be reasonable enough to conclude if they are guilty of these things, what else do they do that we don't know about? It may be he said/she said, but given the circumstances, I am going to say the workers word has more credibility here. Not to mention we live in a time when most corporations can hardly be called socially and ethically responsible - the only that matters for the vast majority of them is their bottom-line, which they will try to increase by any means they can, to the point where it's almost like collective sociopathy. If they had to use a coercive tactic like telling workers that attendance to the rally was mandatory, AND that they wouldn't be paid for the day, just to get them to attend because the company and Romney have ties, it seems reasonable to assume they are suspect, does it not (even if the workers weren't punished)? Certainly they have no concept of ethics or the livelihood of their workers, that much IS for sure. The fact is, the workers were worried for their job security if they didn't attend, consequences or not. That in itself is a problem, and raises a bunch of red flags (pun most definitely intended).