Awakened Universal Music Group workers claim to have been dismissed for "speaking" about their right to abortion. Over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade case.
Universal Music Enterprises production coordinator Michael Lopez called the company "anti-homosexual" for ending the "strange brown man" as "speaking to defend the right to abortion" during Pride Month. I blamed him. A long note about LinkedIn, which was talked about last week.
"Last Friday, like countless others, I was overwhelmed by the news of the Supreme Court's [sic] attack on the right to abortion," Lopez wrote.
"The company's [sic] is ours while our rights are being deprived of our rights, paired with the flood of anti-queer and anti-trans laws. It was difficult to handle how we expected productivity. "
Then Lopez said every Friday," One of my jobs is to process reports for upcoming releases. " That was it, "he explained, and emailed his work to 275 people.
But instead of creating a regular process report, he created an email saying "I didn't create it today."
"In the United States, we are in mourning for an attack on people with wombs. The federal government-guaranteed access to abortion is gone," the email continued.
"Vivendi and Universal Music Group must stop donating to politicians against abortion, queer and transgender. Politicians such as Masha Blackburn, Ken Bach and Victoria Spartans. I'm hoping for a home, or a more unproductive day, "he wrote.
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When he returned to work next Monday, he said he was greeted by a "surprise zoom video chat with HR."
"I was (in other words) let go because of" not doing your job, confusing the days of 275 people and poor judgment "," Lopez wrote. increase.
Next, Lopez said he sent a "follow-up" to the mailing list to notify his colleagues.
"Because I've just been fired in this email since Friday, it informs me of the position of an employee speaking about a politician who supports the alienation of people like me," he said on long-term LinkedIn. Is written. Position.
He states: That's just like everything in America right now.
Some commenters were supportive, while others were less sympathetic.
One of the LinkedIn users, called Lopez, wrote: "Qualified, lazy, and obviously ignorant." In a way that you can't perform simple tasks at work.
Another LinkedIn commenter wrote: Probably not.
The commenter added: "Don't think, because you didn't lose your job based on color or sexual orientation. Your behavior is the cause of childish retirement."
Another candid critic pointed out: It is based on the principle. But such a position comes with consequences. That's what makes them brave ... I respect your decision to withhold your labor as a form of protest, but you leave your employer with few options.
