15 Women Were Fired for Missing Work

Time for a little mini-fisking... I wish I had the time to devote to what this article really deserves, but I don't have it to spare.

At any rate, I gave you Niraj Warikoo of the Detroit Free Press:

A manager at a Detroit meatpacking plant said Monday that 15 immigrant women were fired last month after attending a protest for immigrant rights. He said they had been told that they would be terminated if they missed work on the day of the protest.

Not true. These women were fired for missing work, not attending a rally.

But the workers and an activist working on their behalf said the women were given no such assurances. If the workers knew they would have been fired for attending the March 27 rally in Detroit, they never would have skipped the morning shift, said Elena Herrada, a Detroit activist who is trying to help the women get their jobs back.

If you are a no show for work, you should expect to be fired. It is just that simple.

Herrada and about 20 union officials went Monday to Wolverine Packing Co. offices on Rivard to inquire about what happened. They were given a letter signed by general manager Jay Bonahoom, explaining why the workers were terminated.

Why are union officials involved in this? The real reason is that unions are dying and need the illegals to join their unions...but the union has no reason to be invovled at this point, they aren't representing union members.

Meanwhile Monday, marches were held in Washington, D.C., Atlanta and other cities to protest proposed changes in immigration rules. On Sunday, hundreds gathered at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Detroit.

Some of the Wolverine workers were undocumented, Herrada and one of the workers said, and wanted to march in the Detroit rally to show their support for immigrant rights.

Okay, ask for the day off and go. Don't just not show up for work. That is irresponsible. If I did that, I'd get fired too...and rightfully so.

Tens of thousands of people, mostly Latinos, protested legislation that would make it a crime to help undocumented immigrants. The next morning, when the women reported to work for their shifts as meat cutters, a supervisor told them to clean out their lockers and go home.

Okay...so, what's the problem? These ladies failed to show up for work...

Bonahoom said that as far as Wolverine knows, the workers were documented, but an employment agency does the actual hiring. He said the workers had been told, "written and verbally," on the Friday before the protests that their attendance was mandatory on the day of the protest.

I believe management on the notification issue...

They were fired "for standing up for their rights," Herrada said.

No, they were fired because they didn't show up for work. Illegals, by the way, have no rights in this country...

The fired workers were natives of Mexico and many had worked at the plant for several years. Most have children and are worried about supporting their families, Herrada said.

I don't doubt any of that, but perhaps these women should have been at work supporting their families instead of skipping work for a rally...

I'm just saying...

I don't have time for the rest of this, but it's more of the same...

Horrible reporting all around really...