Dear Freedom Fighters and The American Civil Liberties Union,
The principle of Individual Rights mandates that no individual may violate the equal inherent inalienable rights of another. Yet, private businesses dictate what their employees may say or do outside the work sphere.
For my continued employment at a private company, I was told to take down my blog and to stop marketing my novels though I use a penname and I’ve never mentioned publicly whom I work for. The following is an example of what an employee is NOT permitted to post on the internet on his own time, using his own resources, and outside of his job responsibility: “I think the financial services industry is over-regulated and should be governed by market forces only.”
I cannot affirm rights infringement, thus my employment has been terminated. I hope you will help me uphold freedom.
Many thanks,
Ilyn Ross
"A moral man does not rule, nor can he be ruled by men." -- Reason Reigns and Royal Serf
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6 comments:
If you didn't use your name or their name how would they even know about your blog/novels, and why would they care?
1) My Managers knew I am an author when I was offered employment. They knew then of my first novel and they bought copies of my second novel. My novels and penname are not a secret to my coworkers and personal friends. My Managers and I did not know of the company policy until June 2010.
2) The Code of Conduct Training 2010 cited this example as what an employee is NOT permitted to post on the internet in his own time, using his own resources, and outside of his job responsibility: “I think the financial services industry is over-regulated and should be governed by market forces only.”
This all seems a little ridiculous. I'm sorry you lost your job over this. I'm in the financial services industry, we are over-regulated and we should be governed by market forces. My employer agrees, so I guess I'm lucky. :-P
Hi Kelly,
It's great to know your employer agrees.
I see links to several branches of the ACLU. Please keep us posted on what they are saying and doing. Stay strong.
Many thanks.
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