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Welcome to the REAL AMERICA!
The land I use to love where people were held accountable for their actions.
More people need to be like this employer and say do it on your own time if that's what you feel strongly about.

Just unreal people think PC will always cover your ass.

To bad people this time one REAL AMERICAN said enough is ENOUGH!





21 people were fired after they participated in a protest "A Day Without Immigrants"
Sonia Gutierrez, wltx
2:40 PM. PST February 19, 2017


Lexington County, SC - Twenty-one people were fired after taking part in the Day Without Immigrants Protest.

The movement closed restaurants and shops across the country to show the contributions immigrants have on the American workforce.

Juvenito Quintana and 20 others all missed work on February 16 and right the next day, they got a letter from Encore Boat Builders LLC in Lexington.

The letter said they were being terminated for no show/ no call in. Their last day listed as February 16th, the day of the protest.

Quintana says some employees got calls from management the day before telling them not to miss or else they'd lose their job. That's why he said a lot didn't call in, for fear.

Most of the employees had been working there for years and have small children. Quintana is a permanent resident and feels like the termination was unfair.

Melissa Burnette is an employment attorney and says South Carolina is a Right To Work state where employers can make those kinds of decisions.

"Some employers are more supportive and would not have terminated the employees but some employers have the right to do that" she said.

It's important for employees to understand their rights to protest like wearing t-shirts or posting flyers if it doesn't interfere with the business operations Burnette said. But they also need to understand their responsibilities like being expected to show up to work.

News19 reached out to Encore Boat Builders but they declined to comment.

The families are now looking for other jobs and they pick up their last checks on Friday.

(© 2017 WLTX)