What a jerk!
And, is he sure every customer wants to see that?
If I were a patron, I'd be one telling the manager I wanted that mask turned inside out.

to risk alienating customers who don't support Donald Trump. It is rarely a good idea for a business to flaunt their political affiliations. I can't imagine eating there.

This is a highly competitive industry, especially now. Why would you want to risk losing a percentage of your customer base by making dining out something political.

If I walked in and saw that I would turn around and walk out. There are just too many choices to have to endure that.

of people who support Trump. What kind of restaurant risks losing customers? It is a highly competitive business and many don't make it. This owner may have just laid the groundwork for the end of his business.

place and he is playing to areas sentiments. They love Trump here in rural Ohio and it’s disgusting.

are likely trump supporters. I would walk out of any such establishment immediately, but right now, I'm still not going anywhere.

The pandemic won't last forever though and eventually sane rational people will want to go out to eat again. Meanwhile, Yelp is already gets reviews from people who saw this article. How many customers can this guy afford to lose?

Woman he owns it had a meltdown over Illinois calling her hair business nonessential.
She has a "Fire Pritzker" sign in the window.
I wear my hair long and don't really need a cut, but when it comes time for a neatening, I'm not going to her.
My wife still will, but I won't. She's too fussy about her color job to risk starting over.
Me? Anybody can trim my combed straight back into a ponytail look.
The owner could have just kept her big mouth shut. She didn't, and lost a good tipping customer.

told her how dumb that sign was or that they were going to take their business elsewhere. Also, if she doesn't take the pandemic seriously, she clearly has no concern for her customers health and safety, not exactly a great selling point.

This is a pretty conservative, lily white bedroom community. I doubt anyone said anything.
If my wife sends me for product, I will. What the heck do I care? There are lots of other stylists.

That kind of business is very competitive. If you don't like one salon, there's always plenty to choose from, which is yet another reason to keep politics and religion out of one's business.

As of this writing, the Village Inn has removed its Facebook page, most likely due to the backlash it has received since Hauser's alleged termination.

I've worked at many places where management makes their right-wing support known, sometimes from the very start when dealing with HR paperwork, and most employees learn it's easier to keep their liberal ideas to themselves.

There was a time when it was considered rude to discuss politics at work at all, but that was probably over 40 years ago.

Edit: And it creates an atmosphere where right-wing employees are loudmouths about their political ideas. I've wondered a few times if it was even genuine, or just another way to "brown nose" for management.

My son worked at a cabinet maker (no longer in business)and they made contributions to the republican party in my son's name. So I guess they did for every employee.

After several job experiences, I switched to "Independent" so employers wouldn't see my true political affiliation. (Public record in Ohio.)

Not only that, but I figured it offered some protection against lost registration records or whatever. That's just me.

Luckily, I don't get too worked up about whichever Democrats are picked by others in the primaries.

So sick of people like Jacobs!

the ASSFACE 2020 Masks.. good on the server getting the hell outta there.

n/t

Ohio is an at-will employment state. That means that unless you have a contract, you can be fired by your private employer (or walk off the job) for any or not reason - except discrimination against a protected class. Political affiliation (or lack thereof) is not a protected class.

They created a cult following who then go on to become authoritarians themselves.

I'm sure that 's how many of them get promoted into management too.

"He's lazy, but Johnson really loves the Republicans and acting like a BOSS. Promote him!"

They sense defeat and having to slither back under their rocks.

Before Trump does. And he will slither away, leaving his followers behind.

His only “art of the deal” is to resign now with a deal to avoid criminal prosecution.

But he’s too stupid to read the writing on the wall. It’s over.

She should sue his ass. I believe this is a violation of a person's civil rights. This person should be put out of business at the very least.

... a hostile work environment by supporting an openly racist person.

But in an at-will employent state she can be fired because he doesn't like her eye color, her height, the car she drives, etc. Only discrimination against protected classes (race, gender, disabilities, age >40) is prohibited.

(Her freedom of expression/1st amendment rights are not legally relevant - since it was a private employer, rather than a government one.)

I get what you are saying and agree with the legal aspect. I just think the employer is a complete d-bag for putting his employees in such a position in the first place.

express or implied threats used to influence employees to vote for a particular candidate.

Merely requiring the mask as part of the uniform wouldn't fall in that category - but it is possible the more general comment that she can't be for Biden might.

This is exactly the type of hatred spread by the Nazis in Germany. It is a defacto indorsement of the Trump's racial bias and open display of racism he pursued for years in his crusade against President Obama and propelled him into the Whitehouse.

It may be she won't have a case relating to being force to support a political campaign, although it could affect her prospects for future employment. So, I wonder if employees might sometimes have a case if an employer provides them with non-NIOSH tested face masks.

This is Ms. Hauser's lengthy Facebook post on this event: https://www.facebook.com/kristinlhauser/posts/3679925805357761

Here's another article in a Columbus TV station web page:

Server Claims She Was Fired for Not Wearing ‘Trump 2020’ Face Mask
News 1 Columbus
By Tino Bovenzi Cincinnati

Link: https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2020/06/10/server-claims-she-was-fired-for-not-wearing--trump-2020--face-mask

(snip)

“Unfortunately, it’s not covered by any of the antidiscrimination laws, either at the federal level or in Ohio,” Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Sharona Hoffman said.

Hoffman said support for a political candidate is not covered by anti-discriminatory laws.

And she said with Ohio being an at-will state, the employer and employee both hold the right to end employment at any time.

as in seeing Trump more clearly than we did in 2016. Beware of getting what you want, Donnie ApricotPuss

In Ohio, yes they can!

Trust me, this has very negative consequences for Democrats in this state, and then it can impact the entire country.

It's not like this everywhere...

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-employers-discriminate-based-on-political-beliefs-or-affiliation.html

State Laws on Political Discrimination
A handful of states protect private employees from workplace discrimination based on their political beliefs or activities. A larger number of states protect employees from discrimination based on legal activities outside of work, which might include political activities.

Political Discrimination Laws
A few states explicitly prohibit employers from making job decisions based on an employee’s or applicant’s politics. In California, for example, employees are protected from discrimination based on their political affiliations and activities. New York and the District of Columbia have similar laws. And, in Oregon and Wisconsin, employees may not be penalized for refusing to attend meetings intended to allow their employer to communicate its political or religious opinions.

Take a marker and write in bold letters across the palm of one hand “DEFEAT.” Use one hand to take orders or deliver a plate, and casually hold up opposite hand to the side of the mask. Close palm when in view of employer.

DEFEAT Trump 2020.

We might actually start reversing the power of money over democracy, long-term.

I didn't know there was such a law in Ohio!

There's so many laws, it's especially hard unless you're a lawyer. (Just like I'm convinced it was the lawyer-father of Bill Gates who was actually the key to him becoming extremely wealthy.)

for political beliefs and requiring an employee to visibly support a candidate.

In other words, it seems under this statute that an employee could be fired for wearing a Biden button, but cannot be forced to wear a Trump button.

But it hinges on an express or implied threat connected with voting for a particular candidate. Telling her she can't be for Biden is the closest - but I'm still not sure that it rises to the level of a threat.

No employer or his agent or a corporation shall print or authorize to be printed upon any pay envelopes any statements intended or calculated to influence the political action of his or its employees; or post or exhibit in the establishment or anywhere in or about the establishment any posters, placards, or hand bills containing any threat, notice, or information that if any particular candidate is elected or defeated work in the establishment will cease in whole or in part, or other threats expressed or implied, intended to influence the political opinions or votes of his or its employees.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of corrupt practices, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

might find it offensive? If I saw that in a place of business, I would walk out. Honestly, I wouldn't find a Biden 2020 mask appropriate either. It's a place of business. Keep your politics (and religion for that matter) to yourself.

Bad businessman, just like his candidate.

n/t

I entered every Covid 19 key word I could think of to avoid seeing threads about it here (too many breathless doom addicts and pseudo experts here) but this one made it through. Back to the drawing board!

made a statement regarding this franchise?

https://www.villageinn.com/guest-relations/

If you look at the locations on the www.villageinn.com website, you'll see that they don't have any restaurants in Ohio.

The Village Inn in Farmersville seems to be independently owned by Jacob.

Since "Village Inn" is is a registered trademark of American Blue Ribbon Holdings, LLC, perhaps THEY should take legal action against Mr. Jacob. It would seem to me there is a likelihood of confusion and that he is damaging their brand.

who refuses to wear a mask and who thinks the entire pandemic is a Democratic hoax? Not quite sure how they are rationalizing that one.