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IdaBriggs

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23. Louisiana is a "Right to Work State" which means the actor

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 01:59 PM

Dec 2013

doesn't have "union protections" so his actions off the job can be used to determine whether his employer wants to fire him or not (especially because they are "pretending" he is just being himself/that is the character he is selling).

I believe part of the problem is that people forget this "reality show" is basically scripted. If the actor/participants don't present the "right image", they get replaced/fired.

Welcome to America's "Right to Work" ethos; what you do "off the job" does matter, and you can get fired for it.

I don't know why someone thinks that insulting the boss or members of the boss's family (since most people are related to gay people) is a way to stay employed. DUMB. And thankfully, in this case, a firing offense.

Go, A&E! At last some of these laws finally pay off - did these morons not realize they would be used against them, too?

Suck it up.

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Looks like that comment has been deleted. alp227 Dec 2013 #24

Yes, but what does GOD say about all this? Kurovski Dec 2013 #2

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Yes.. sendero Dec 2013 #11

And as long as we keep fighting each other, the corporations rule. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #3

what does that even mean ? JI7 Dec 2013 #7

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Thank you. I couldn't have put it better. n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #9

I do believe... sendero Dec 2013 #12

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it was a revelation at the time- the skewed press coverage, the increased surveillance and abuses bettyellen Dec 2013 #14

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Louisiana is a "Right to Work State" which means the actor IdaBriggs Dec 2013 #23