93.7 WBLK Radio -- The People's Station » The Buffalo News http://wblk.com The People's Station Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 5 FIRED FOR FACEBOOK COMMENTS http://wblk.com/5-fired-for-facebook-comments/ http://wblk.com/5-fired-for-facebook-comments/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:36:40 +0000 Todd Anderson http://wblk.com/?p=171000 According to the Buffalo News today, 5 local Hispanics United Of Buffalo employees were fired for comments on Facebook that may cause a Labor-Law precedent giving employees the right to talk about work on Facebook and even Twitter openly.

According to the Buffalo News, the employees filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board in an attempt to get their jobs back and it worked!!!!!!

(According to the Buffalo News report, Mariana Cole-Rivera began the Facebook exchange...Here's the Facebook conversation that took place as reported and exposed in the Buffalo News):

 

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