Ohio miners forced to attend Romney rally without pay...

[LochnarITB]

Preach on brother Loch. Glad someone else here sees the wrong in this whole thing. I don't think any person should be compelled to attend a political event and be told it is mandatory by ANYONE, especially their job, or not be paid for it to boot - regardless if their political views are the same or not.

I probably did not make myself clear. It is not, in my opinion, made clear whether there were or weren't any repercussions (dirty looks, lists, salt in their sugar bowls, firing, whatever) for those that didn't attend. What nobody is denying is that the non-salaried employees weren't paid for an entire day because of the political event. Had they been paid, the rest becomes he said she said.