JEFF BLOCK is a courier/messenger in North Carolina who was fired from his job for expressing his objection to the morality of the war in Iraq.Dear North Carolina Friends,
Today I became one of the victims of the new morality in our country. As you know I have been working as a courier/messenger.
This afternoon, Monday, November 8th, I was making my scheduled pickup at the Bank of Granite in Boone. While awaiting the handover of the bags to be delivered one of the tellers at the bank made a comment about how the "moral majority of America stood up to be counted in the election." I said, "The War is immoral and that we should be ashamed."
The teller told her manager of my statement, the manager called my employer and threatened him with loss of his contract if I was not removed. And so, I was fired today.
I wish this was a joke, but it is not. Free speech is no longer tolerated in the American workplace.
I have thought all afternoon about the power of one person and what I could do. I realize that my position will not be reinstated, yet I cannot stand idly by. Our silence has lost our country as we have known it and our continued silence will make slaves of our children.
I ask you as my friends to help. If you have an account at the Bank of Granite, please cancel it. Let the bank know that you are cancelling your account in support of Jeff Block, a courier fired because he dared to speak his mind.
If you do not have an account with the Bank of Granite, please forward this letter to all of your North Carolina friends.
I ask everyone to help. We must remind the corporate entities that rule America today that there will be a tomorrow and that America belongs to the people. Most importantly, we must remind them in their wallets, that the election may be over but the issues remain and that the people will not be silent!
Thank you, God Bless You, God Bless America and the World!
Jeff Block
Source:
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