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With Kathy's health fragile, Carl knew he'd need time to be at her treatments and tests. When he shared the news with his boss, his employment of nearly 14 years was terminated.
"She said, 'It's business. I'm running a company here, and I need to make sure the department runs.' And I argued that I would make sure the company runs," Carl Sorabella said.
He said he offered to work nights and weekends, but his boss said no.
"And I'm like, 'You just can't do that. I mean, she's on disability. We have no income now. And unemployment -- they cap you at $625 a week," Carl Sorabella said.
Read more: www.thebostonchannel.com...
Originally posted by xFloggingMaryx
With Kathy's health fragile, Carl knew he'd need time to be at her treatments and tests. When he shared the news with his boss, his employment of nearly 14 years was terminated.
"She said, 'It's business. I'm running a company here, and I need to make sure the department runs.' And I argued that I would make sure the company runs," Carl Sorabella said.
He said he offered to work nights and weekends, but his boss said no.
"And I'm like, 'You just can't do that. I mean, she's on disability. We have no income now. And unemployment -- they cap you at $625 a week," Carl Sorabella said.
Read more: www.thebostonchannel.com...
I would have posted this in Breaking News... but I don't feel it is breaking news since incidents like this occur often enough that it should be considered a social issue now.
This man, Carl, was terminated from his job because he would have to miss work on account of his wife's health. He offered to work nights and weekends and yet his boss still fired him. It blows my mind. This couple is in a hard enough situation, and now they lost a main source of income, just making their situation exponentially worse.
But then again, when I think about this story dispassionately, I can understand where the company was looking out for it's best interest. After all, Carl would now be worried about his wife, never mind the fact that he wouldn't be able to keep normal working hours, so his mind would be distracted from his work. Even as I type that, I understand the company's position, but I'm still horrified by it.
The most interesting aspect to this story is all of the comments on the bottom. It appears that people are now boycotting the company that terminated Carl's employment, specifically the woman who acted in behalf of the company and actually did the firing.
Do you think this is right?
Even more important of a question: Is it possible that this boycott is an expected result of the article, and perhaps... is the whole reason the article was published in the first place?
The comments jumped out at me the most because there are over 132 of them. Usually there are barely 30 comments on stories, but for some reason this particular story inspired people to fight on Carl's behalf. And the way the story is written makes me consider that maybe this piece was written solely to drum up support for the family by encouraging people to boycott the offending company.
Or maybe it is just a human interest story highlighting a wrong that has occurred.
I'm just curious what ATS thinks... about the story itself, and the public's reaction to it.
Originally posted by xFloggingMaryx
reply to post by starwarsisreal
Capitalism at it's finest.
In addition to protecting qualified applicants and employees with disabilities from employment discrimination, one ADA provision – the "association" provision -- protects applicants and employees from discrimination based on their relationship or association with an individual with a disability, whether or not the applicant or employee has a disability.