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TexasTowelie

(116,883 posts) Fri Aug 17, 2018, 03:37 AM Aug 2018

An Iowa worker fired for disparaging Mexicans says she should get unemployment, arguing such talk is

An Iowa worker fired for disparaging Mexicans says she should get unemployment, arguing such talk is routine after Trump's election

An Iowa woman fired for disparaging Mexicans at work cannot collect unemployment despite her testimony that other employees also made derogatory comments about "blacks and foreigners" since Donald Trump became president.

Angela Diers filed for unemployment after she lost her job at Dexter Laundry, a Fairfield manufacturer of commercial washers and dryers, for telling a co-worker that she hated "f---ing Mexicans."

Iowa's Employment Appeals Board ruled that Diers' statements clearly met the definition of misconduct and disqualified her from collecting unemployment benefits. The board reversed Administrative Law Judge Beth Scheetz, who said Diers deserved unemployment benefits.

Scheetz had ruled that "since President Trump’s election, it was common for workers" at the plant to talk of hating African Americans and foreigners. The company couldn't single out Diers for misconduct, the judge had ruled.

Read more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/08/15/worker-cites-donald-trump-racist-mexicans-unemployment-benefits-denied-dexter-laundry-fairfield-iowa/952161002/

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An Iowa worker fired for disparaging Mexicans says she should get unemployment, arguing such talk is (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2018 OP

I would have tried as well, however I would have never made such a statement Sherman A1 Aug 2018 #1

A question for Ms. Diers, who said .... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2018 #2

Womp womp workinclasszero Aug 2018 #3

When are these folks going learn only Trump can be an asshole SallyHemmings Aug 2018 #4

As an Administrative Law Judge in the deep south I would have ruled steventh Aug 2018 #5

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. I would have tried as well, however I would have never made such a statement

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 03:58 AM

Aug 2018

Folks tend to forget that while in this Representative Democracy we do have Free Speech, the workplace is not a democracy and your right to free speech does not guarantee your right to continued employment.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,595 posts)

2. A question for Ms. Diers, who said ....

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 04:30 AM

Aug 2018

that kind of talk was commonplace (and tried to use that as a defense)...

Question: Ms. Diers, if you knew that kind of talk was not acceptable in the workplace and morally wrong, why did you participate in it rather than rebuke it or just walk away?

Where's your boy Donny to defend you now?.................... .........

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

3. Womp womp

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 06:01 AM

Aug 2018

Just because Dirty Donnie the Grand Dragon-in-charge gets away with it doesn't make it okay for you deplorables.

SallyHemmings

(1,883 posts)

4. When are these folks going learn only Trump can be an asshole

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 06:38 AM

Aug 2018

If there is any good news in this nightmare of an administration, his racist minions are feeling the swift effects of their actions.

steventh

(2,156 posts)

5. As an Administrative Law Judge in the deep south I would have ruled

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Aug 17, 2018, 06:48 AM

Aug 2018

that the employee's repeated conduct amounted to misconduct and therefore the employee would be barred from receiving unemployment benefits. The employer did the right thing to fire the employee. Failure to do so would have contributed to a hostile work environment in violation of federal law.

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