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SheilaT

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2. In the past I worked at companies

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #1)

Wed May 4, 2016, 10:17 AM

May 2016

that coerced employees to donate to the United Way. When I was very young I went along with it, but eventually said no, because I'd rather give my money directly to the charities I personally prefer. More than once I was told I was the ONLY person in the office who wasn't contributing, and that apparently made my boss look bad.

It is wrong to coerce employees to donate to any cause whatsoever.

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Coerced donations [View all] spinbaby May 2016 OP

Part of Citizens United means that corporations could mobilize employees to work on behalf of PACs Brickbat May 2016 #1

In the past I worked at companies SheilaT May 2016 #2

Yep, employers lose their shit over United Way giving. Brickbat May 2016 #3

United Way is evil... One in employer in my past put intense pressure on me to donate annually ... 4139 May 2016 #4

And then... spinbaby May 2016 #5