From the Raw Story, a tale of coal miners who called into a talk radio show claiming they were forced to attend a Mitt Romney event.
Isn't that totally crazy corporate-speak? It's mandatory, but no one was forced. Then a long drawn out pointless argument ensues about how can we have a rally at a coal mine with no one in the mine continuing operations. How about you just have one in town? This reminds me of North Korea. Mark my words, smiling Mitt will serve up the middle class to the banksters with relish, that's what he's been groomed to do his entire life. Just like another little Harvard boy who occupies the Oval Office.
Yes, we were in fact told that the Romney event was mandatory and would be without pay, that the hours spent there would need to be made up my non-salaried employees outside of regular working hours, with the only other option being to take a pay cut for the equivalent time,” the employees told Blomquist. “Yes, letters have gone around with lists of names of employees who have not attended or donated to political events.”But wait, folks these charges are totally bogus! Listen to the boss-man explain:
“I realize that many people in this area and elsewhere would love to have my job or my benefits,” one worker explained. “And our bosses do not hesitate in reminding us of this. However, I can not agree with these callers and my supervisors, who are saying that just because you have a good job, that you should have to work any day for free on almost no notice without your consent.”
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Murray Energy Chief Financial Officer Rob Moore told Blomquist that the charges were untrue.
“There were no workers that were forced to attend the event,” Moore said. “We had managers that communicated to our work force that the attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend the event. We had a pre-registration list. And employees were asked to put their names on a pre-registration list because they could not get into the event unless they were pre-registered and had a name tag to enter the premises.”
Isn't that totally crazy corporate-speak? It's mandatory, but no one was forced. Then a long drawn out pointless argument ensues about how can we have a rally at a coal mine with no one in the mine continuing operations. How about you just have one in town? This reminds me of North Korea. Mark my words, smiling Mitt will serve up the middle class to the banksters with relish, that's what he's been groomed to do his entire life. Just like another little Harvard boy who occupies the Oval Office.

