Cigar
10-26-2012, 09:35 AM
Jed Lewison wrote a piece today about Mike White, the CEO of Rite-Hite industries, and his threat to his employees:
"all employees should understand the personal consequences to them of having our tax rates increase dramatically if President Obama is re-elected, forcing taxpayers to fund President Obama's future deficits and social programs (including Obamacare), which require bigger government."
Turns out Wisconsin, which has a history of being a pretty progressive state, has a law on the books against that sort of thing.
Statute 12.07 (3)
No employer or agent of an employer may distribute to any employee printed matter containing any threat, notice or information that if a particular ticket of a political party or organization or candidate is elected or any referendum question is adopted or rejected, work in the employer's place or establishment will cease, in whole or in part, or the place or establishment will be closed, or the salaries or wages of the employees will be reduced, or other threats intended to influence the political opinions or actions of the employees.
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/25/1150260/-CEO-who-threatened-workers-if-they-voted-for-Obama-violated-Wisconsin-law
I wonder if the Republican AG knows this?
"all employees should understand the personal consequences to them of having our tax rates increase dramatically if President Obama is re-elected, forcing taxpayers to fund President Obama's future deficits and social programs (including Obamacare), which require bigger government."
Turns out Wisconsin, which has a history of being a pretty progressive state, has a law on the books against that sort of thing.
Statute 12.07 (3)
No employer or agent of an employer may distribute to any employee printed matter containing any threat, notice or information that if a particular ticket of a political party or organization or candidate is elected or any referendum question is adopted or rejected, work in the employer's place or establishment will cease, in whole or in part, or the place or establishment will be closed, or the salaries or wages of the employees will be reduced, or other threats intended to influence the political opinions or actions of the employees.
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/25/1150260/-CEO-who-threatened-workers-if-they-voted-for-Obama-violated-Wisconsin-law
I wonder if the Republican AG knows this?