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Woke employee who refused to work while ‘mourning’ Roe v. Wade fired
Posted on 7/5/22 at 5:52 am
Posted on 7/5/22 at 5:52 am
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Woke employee who refused to work while ‘mourning’ Roe v. Wade fired
By Ariel Zilber
July 4, 2022
A woke Universal Music Group worker claims he was fired for “speaking up” about abortion rights — after he admitted he refused to work because he was in “mourning” over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Michael Lopez, a production coordinator at Universal Music Enterprises, blasted the company as “anti-gay” for terminating a “queer brown person” during Pride Month for “speaking up in defense of abortion rights,” according to a lengthy note on LinkedIn that went viral last week.
“Last Friday, like countless other folks, I was devastated by the news of the supreme court’s [sic] attack on abortion rights,” Lopez wrote.
“Paired with the flood of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation, it’s been hard to process how company’s [sic] expect us to be productive while our rights are being stripped away.”
Lopez then went on to explain that each Friday “one of my tasks was to process reports for upcoming releases” and then to email his work to 275 people.
But instead of doing the usual process reports, he wrote an email that read: “I didn’t do them today.”
“I’m in mourning due to the attack on people with uteruses in the US. Federally guaranteed access to abortion is gone,” the email continued.
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A spokesperson for Universal Music Group told The Post: “As a matter of policy, we can’t discuss an individual’s personnel record. We can say that what was posted on social media is inaccurate.”
“UMG has a long record of support for women’s issues,” the spokesperson said.
“As we wrote to our US employees, UMG views reproductive health care as essential.”
“In the wake of the recent US Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade, the company has extended its efforts to assure that these important healthcare services remain accessible to employees.”
“We also financially support non-profit groups working in this area and offer a match for employee’s contributions to those groups, as well.”
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While some commenters were supportive, others were less sympathetic.
One LinkedIn user called Lopez “entitled, lazy, and obviously ignorant,” writing: “Yeah this is pretty pathetic…You a grown man pretending to have ‘grief’ so unbelievably unbearable over something that will never affect you in any way that you can’t perform a simple task at work.”
Another LinkedIn commenter wrote: “If you just sent the report like they asked every Friday… would you have lost your job? Most likely no.”
The commenter added: “You didn’t lose your job based on your color or sexual orientation so please stop thinking that. Your actions are childish cause for termination.”
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Posted on 7/5/22 at 5:53 am to NC_Tigah
I thought this was a Bee article. I am not surprised anymore
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:01 am to NC_Tigah
I’m admittedly old school and probably too out of touch with today’s modern sensitivity but just throwing an idea against the wall:
If a company hires you to perform specific tasks to be done at a specific time, you probably have a decent chance of holding on to your career …… ……if you do those specific tasks at that specific time.
Radical I know but just kinda throwing that out there (shrug).
If a company hires you to perform specific tasks to be done at a specific time, you probably have a decent chance of holding on to your career …… ……if you do those specific tasks at that specific time.
Radical I know but just kinda throwing that out there (shrug).
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:04 am to NC_Tigah
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Paired with the flood of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation
What legislation is this? I guess I’m out of the loop.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:07 am to NC_Tigah
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Paired with the flood of anti-queer and anti-trans legislation,
Did I miss something?
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:10 am to NC_Tigah
Yeah. Basically that's a very lazy motherfricker who thought he could use skintone and sexuality to be lazy. That dude probably has pride month marked on his calendar as a 30 day, work optional holiday.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:13 am to Great Plains Drifter
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If a company hires you to perform specific tasks to be done at a specific time, you probably have a decent chance of holding on to your career …… ……if you do those specific tasks at that specific time.
Shut up boomer
j/k
You are spot on, and this should be common sense. But not in 2022.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:16 am to NC_Tigah
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blasted the company as “anti-gay” for terminating a “queer brown person” during Pride Month for “speaking up in defense of abortion rights,”
I’m betting his employer DGAF about any of those things; rather, Mr. Lopez was likely fired for not doing his job (along with a personnel file filled with other similar “incidents”).
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:17 am to Revelator
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Did I miss something?
Very stupid people believe the rhetoric of "you're homophobic if you try to stop grooming in schools." So any state legislation that prohibits teachers from having secret sex talks with 5-8 year olds.. is very fricked up in their heads.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:24 am to NC_Tigah
He should have been fired. He is so "woke" he did not know the plural of uterus is "uteri", not uteruses.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:29 am to Jyrdis
Well you know man. It’s the thing. C’mon!
This post was edited on 7/5/22 at 6:30 am
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:33 am to Revelator
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Did I miss something?
It was a flood. A deluge. We were awash in anti gay and trans legislation. Homes were swept away. I can only compare it to the great biblical flood.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:43 am to NC_Tigah
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Michael Lopez, a production coordinator at Universal Music Enterprises, blasted the company as “anti-gay” for terminating a “queer brown person” during Pride Month for “speaking up in defense of abortion rights,” according to a lengthy note on LinkedIn that went viral last week.
This guy forgot to claim he has a disability too.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:45 am to NC_Tigah
A gay man is mourning about abortion? Why? He isn't going to need one. If a dude dumps a load in his butt he won't get pregnant.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:46 am to NC_Tigah
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Woke employee who refused to work while ‘mourning’ Roe v. Wade fired
Damn. Just think of all the new work the new employee will have.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:46 am to NC_Tigah
Maybe now he has the time to take the civics class that he so clearly needs.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:47 am to LRB1967
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If a dude dumps a load in his butt he won't get pregnant.
If that guy doesn't yet realize he was born a female trapped in a man's body.....
Oh wait, nevermind
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:48 am to Bulldogblitz
quote:He probably has a nut allergy. Well, on second thought, maybe he's got a gluten allergy.
This guy forgot to claim he has a disability too.
Posted on 7/5/22 at 6:48 am to NC_Tigah
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“You didn’t lose your job based on your color or sexual orientation so please stop thinking that. Your actions are childish cause for termination.”
There needs to be a lot more of this posted about so people remember that when they are adults they are supposed to act like it.
The company had zero to do with this ruling, so why is he trying to take it out on them? Pure toddler tantrum behavior.
This post was edited on 7/5/22 at 6:51 am
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