Should the immigrants attending the protest today be fired from their employer for attending?
549941
If the individuals are illegal, they should not be working in the US anyway.  If the immigrants are legal they should be treated as anyone else.  If someone outside of this group were to take the same actions (missing work unexcused) then would they be fired?  If so, then yes you should fire them, but if you would be lenient to others missing work than you should be lenient to all legal workers.  It would just depend on what the company's policies are.
423505
I am lucky. I live in the Netherlands. we have several laws that prevent employers from firing without cause. they need a good reason and get approval from an organisation or else they have to either take you back or pay compensation. in France they have a similar system, only there are currently protest because the government decided they don't apply to people under 25. I don't know about other countries.
544429
i don't think we should, i think it is BS.  I was driving around to day and saw all everyone out protesting.  The cops had to be out there making sure noting happened, great use of our tax dollars, the officers should have been checking to make sure all the people were legal and if not put them on a bus and ship them back
605659
If not they should!  Because they are competing for the same type of jobs.  Amnesty & guest worker programs would create a larger pool of labor; therefore, it would depress wages.\n   Not only African-Americans, but previous wave of immigrants, native born US workers with little education or experience should be protesting.
1052907
Probably in US you can be fired for breathing. In New Zealand large numbers of workers belong to unions to protect their rights. You can't get fired immediately for that.
20502
I support it. I know it sucks for the rest of us, but thank God people are willing to defend a decent living for working people. They said they might arrest the president of the local. The way I see it, in a free country you shouldn't be forced to work. you should have a right to control your own body and do it collectively if you want to. It isn't illegal for a factory to close and move to China or illegal for government to give no-bid contracts to friends, so until that is illegal, not working shouldn't be either. \n\nIn the end, although it is painful now, a victory for the transit workers means a victory for working people. If you think they get paid too much, it is because the rest of us get paid too little. We should all take a page from their book and rattle our sabers a bit too.
445006
Yes I heard about it. All immigrants should suport it. According to the anti-immigrant people, "immigrants are a drain on society."  If this is true, then during the day on May 1st the stock market will surge, and the economy will boom.  If not, we prove them wrong once and for all.  We know what will happen!\n Don't listen to those people who said that they will go and buy more things on that day, if they said that it is because they know that it will affect the country!
929978
Employer!  The worker is just trying for a better life while the employer is looking to exploit low wage workers.  If you pay lousy, and all your workers are immigrant, well, you can probably figure they're all illegal; so don't give me this "but I thought they had papers..." story.\n\nBUT having said that...we have been tacitly giving the ok to this behaviour for 20 or 30 years, can we all of a sudden say, well, it was ok to violate the law yesterday and I know you have kids and a house and a family, but now we decided to enforce the rules so go home or go to jail???  That is not moral or ethical behavior.
634322
I agree with you.  I see all these people that cry about immigrants taking away jobs, I don't think so! \n\nI don't see anyone on welfare running to take the jobs scrubbing toilets for almost 20 years, something my OWN mother has done!  \n\nI don't see the women who sit on their arses watching daytime TV, and getting their nasty nails done, running to take my mom's job, scrubbing toilets at the local hospital. \n\nWomen who work for these nails salons, they sit in extremely uncomfortable positions, that will give them serious back problems for the rest of their lives.  Who's ready to take those jobs?\n\nThere is so much ignorance, and hypocrisy in America today.  For the person here who answered that if the anthem is going to be sung in Spanish, they'll move, then get your shait and get the funk out!  I've lived here for 18 years, and I'd greatly appreciate hearing it once in Spanish, so I can appreciate the Star spangled banner, much better.  Some words don't make sense to me, but I' willing to learn.
336961
It would be better to boycott the American businesses who hire illegals.  While you're boycotting, write your local government officials and ask them to enforce the laws by fining these businesses, deporting the workers, and not taking bribes from lobbyists!
522260
Fire them on the spot! Even if they are supporting illegal immigration, but are a legal U.S. citizen...they are still saying criminal activity against my country is ok. Why would I want someone with that mind-set working for my legitimate business? Hell no!
351043
Kick out the people who promote racism
409885
Source: \nImmigration Watchdog \nhttp://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/ \n\nOn March 17, 2006, an estimated 25,000 illegals from Ireland marched boldly in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in NY without fear of any enforcement of our immigration laws. I told my friends at the time: this unchecked in-your-face, "we demand respect" display by illegals will embolden them to demand they be given a free pass and when that doesn't happen, it will reach the point of violence.\n\nOn March 24, 2006, hundreds of high school students in LA walked out of their classrooms to protest the newest piece of completely unnecessary immigration legislation by the incompetent fools in Congress. Within hours 15,000 criminals (illegals) were marching in Phoenix and roughly 10,000 in Georgia. \n(Seems Fairly ORGANIZED) \nOn March 25, 2006, waving their Mexican flags chanting the same worn out "racist" garbage and demanding their "rights" 50,000 of these criminals marched in Denver, thousands in North Carolina and in Sacramento. All because the House of Representatives has passed legislation that would make it a felony to be in the U.S. illegally, impose new penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and erect fences along one-third of the U.S.-Mexican border                                               \n\n (AGAIN Seems  ORGANIZED-- On A NATIONAL Level)\n     ************************************************\n\nSent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:35 PM \n\nSubject: VIDEO: HISPANICS ADMIT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN "CIVIL WAR" WITHIN THE UNITED STATES\n\nSource: \n\nImmigration Watchdog \n\nhttp://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/...\n\nThey openly state they have "The armor, the infantry and the artillery" to wage war here.This video PROVES beyond any doubt, the people marching in our streets under Mexican and other foreign flags, over pending immigration legislation, are engaged in a WAR against our nation.The U.S. Government has failed its duty to protect this land from these invaders; invaders who are openly stating they intend to takeover a portion of this land and carve out their own "Mestizo nation of Aztlan."\n\nClick below to play the video \n\n     http://tinyurl.com/pqzpe \n\nRead The Story-Watch The Video-You Decide
396922
There is going to be a march on Monday May 5th 2006 near Vero Beach.  My entire workplace will be closing because the entirety of the kitchen staff will be participating in the march for immigration rights.  I am also having trouble finding information as to exactly where it is going to be held.  But I know I have the day off because of it.
359689
I'm not against immigration, but illegal is just that. When the boycott moved here, the people got fired, illegal and legal alike for not showing up at work. They say the immigrants are taking jobs the locals don't want, but I spent 4 months begging for work and I have experience picking in the fields.\n   I agree that they are protesting to the wrong government.
617720
I have said that before!  If they don't like the conditions in their own countries, they should stay there and work to make changes (protest in their own countries).\n\nTHE BEST THING TO DO in protest to the protest - is, when businesses shut down and walk-outs occur -- show them just how well we Americans CAN get along without them!\n\nI love America and people around the world, but crowding America because things are not right in their own countries is NOT the way to make their countries better.  And that's where the real problems are.  America has enough problems (of its own) without "illegals" taking our jobs and money.  [I'm not convinced they are doing jobs that "Americans won't do" and they are sending cash out of the country too.] \n\nWHY SHOULD I FEEL GUILTY ABOUT WANTING TO PROTEST MY HERITAGE?!!!  This "Day without Immigrants" is an outrage!  America has grown and developed and it's time to shut the borders!  How long will it be before America is in the condition(s) that causes people to want to leave it?  You can't screw up a country and then leave because you don't like it.  You need to change the country.  \n\nIf you're going to argue that "that's the way America started", well I say, "go find some other country that's uinhabited and live there!"       \n\nThis is a complicated issue, and my heart goes out to people that want to leave their home countries because they are under such duress -- but the solution is NOT coming to America.    \n\nMy blood pressure's up to high to go on...  :)
184927
I live in the US & I was unaware until recently that it was illegal to fire someone in France...unless theres "just cause". What is just cause anyway?! It's no wonder France is such an unproductive nation. Between their socialist government & huge vacation time & inability to fire the incompetant, it's a wonder anything gets done at all. \n\nSo to answer your questions:\n1. I think new jobs will be created because an employer will be able to take a risk on hiring a young person instead of adopting them for life.\n2. I think the only youth who should be distessed are the ones who dont work hard & well enough to keep their jobs.\n3. I think to have restrictive firing laws is unfair to the French in an increasingly global economy.\n4. I dont know enough about French society or politics to venture a guess on this one. It's my feeling that some people just like to protest anything.