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(29,082 posts) Sat Nov 10, 2012, 12:24 PM Nov 2012

Any ideas for ways to respond to the CEOs who fire workers as petty revenge for an Obama victory? [View all]

When I first started hearing that bosses had threatened to fire workers if Obama won, I immediately wondered where they all got their marching orders.

I was enraged and wanted to boycott them. Proud2blibKansan asked how I planned to boycott a coal company clearly, bursting my balloon.

Others pointed out that boycotts would hurt workers.

So it is a question of what is the best strategy to get to the CEO and maybe even in a way that the workers will be able to secretly enjoy. I thought about the time DU filled a room with hundreds of dozens of roses for Helen Thomas. Maybe CEOs who play this game with their workers need to receive similar barrages of goods -- just not roses. How about lumps of coal, for example? All mailed to the CEOs.

Something cheap, and easy and legal that expresses our displeasure. Something that inundates the company so that all of the workers know we are on their side.

Any ideas?

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Any ideas for ways to respond to the CEOs who fire workers as petty revenge for an Obama victory? [View all] Generic Other Nov 2012 OP

My husband said Googlebomb Generic Other Nov 2012 #1

We need do nothing. mysuzuki2 Nov 2012 #2

I am thinking of the workers Generic Other Nov 2012 #5

if the business provides a needed service or product, boycotts aid competitors magical thyme Nov 2012 #17

I am visualizing your scenario Generic Other Nov 2012 #20

When I read the CEO's reasoning behind firing the employees, iemitsu Nov 2012 #62

I'm in the nothing camp too MindPilot Nov 2012 #9

I am sick of doing nothing when the other side acts like that Generic Other Nov 2012 #13

Why cower in fear at your opponent's self-destruction? sibelian Nov 2012 #15

They are trying to make the workers cower in fear Generic Other Nov 2012 #19

Ah, I see. sibelian Nov 2012 #39

I disagree. They want a reacation, you're right. MindPilot Nov 2012 #21

+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #59

It is BS....... Swede Atlanta Nov 2012 #53

What a low tactic Generic Other Nov 2012 #61

Is there a website keeping track of these asshats? chalky Nov 2012 #3

Usually we are the ones who do this stuff, Chalky Generic Other Nov 2012 #7

Send them copies of your official badge when you sign on locally to remove the GOP house in 2014 Melinda Nov 2012 #4

I don't need no steenkin' badge Generic Other Nov 2012 #12

LOL, you caused my first coffee spittin out-loud guffaw of the morning! Melinda Nov 2012 #27

sure, just simple boycotts rrely Nov 2012 #6

Boycotting hurts the workers who have already been threatened and abused Generic Other Nov 2012 #8

Oh and welcome to DU rrely Generic Other Nov 2012 #10

If I were a competitor of one of those companies rucky Nov 2012 #11

You are right. Competitors must be laughing at their foolishness Generic Other Nov 2012 #16

Davis Ace Hardware owner and president Jennifer Anderson Generic Other Nov 2012 #23

Ah here's a copy of her letter Generic Other Nov 2012 #28

Aren't there laws against unjust dismissals based on an employees beliefs or political behavior? ancianita Nov 2012 #14

Only in blue states maybe Generic Other Nov 2012 #18

Ban them from government contracts or sales. Take away tax-avoidance for churches that did it. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #22

Thank you, Hope Hoops Generic Other Nov 2012 #24

Agreed. Churches that preach about voting Republican (or hide it in their language)... HopeHoops Nov 2012 #36

I tweeted Trumka about the Murray firings. Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #25

Your calls to action are wonderfully positive Generic Other Nov 2012 #38

Media shame the bosses. Very detailed news reports covering the employers' personal life, apples and oranges Nov 2012 #26

I like how you think! Generic Other Nov 2012 #31

Thank them for the freshly minted democratic voters. nt sufrommich Nov 2012 #29

I wonder if there was profiling in the firings? Generic Other Nov 2012 #32

Like the robber barrons of old,it won't occur to them that sufrommich Nov 2012 #66

The workers will collect unemployment :) Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #30

It's not about money Generic Other Nov 2012 #34

You're right Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #63

How about helping the fired workers get jobs... HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #33

Now that is poetic revenge X 100 Generic Other Nov 2012 #35

And exactly how are we going to do that with Sequestration? Savannahmann Nov 2012 #50

Sequestration is a game of chicken Generic Other Nov 2012 #57

PBO will not blink! ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #64

Don't "Facebook" the story to give free publicity to his starchy-cheesy restaurant Kolesar Nov 2012 #37

I've been mulling over buying one share of stock (about $50) in coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #40

Gladys Glover Generic Other Nov 2012 #44

Get Some Friends To Join You... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #46

Papa John's CEO Generic Other Nov 2012 #51

Papa John doesn�t want you to have health care Generic Other Nov 2012 #52

When the question is "where did they all get their marching orders?", KamaAina Nov 2012 #41

I'm hoping that Obama and the Cabinet EC Nov 2012 #42

Those CEOS have been playing havoc with your communities for generations Generic Other Nov 2012 #45

Don't do business with them & spread the word the owner is an a-hole who treats the help badly. nt Cognitive_Resonance Nov 2012 #43

But that hurts the worker Generic Other Nov 2012 #48

I'd love to see the IRS deal with them. Time for an audit ... nt TBF Nov 2012 #47

The ultimate curse Generic Other Nov 2012 #49

Wish this would work Illinoischick Nov 2012 #69

hire the layed-off people as the start of a wpa-type program to retrofit buildings... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #54

I doubt they really exist. gulliver Nov 2012 #55

Upthread is info on the Ace Hardwqare CEOs letter to employees Generic Other Nov 2012 #58

Those don't support your premise. gulliver Nov 2012 #67

How so? Generic Other Nov 2012 #70

Boycotts. The only thing the pigs understand is money. redqueen Nov 2012 #56

The coal company is hard to boycott Generic Other Nov 2012 #60

If true, it should make your decision to no longer give money to these assholes that much easier nt redqueen Nov 2012 #68

K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #65

Social Network WAY to RESPOND - Find News, Make News, and Organize in Real Time here.. ecofer Nov 2012 #71

Billboard campaigns in their hometowns librechik Nov 2012 #72