Another reason to hate wally world

[Grumpy]

If its legal on what grounds can they fire him ?


http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=119421
Medical marijuana is legal in Michigan but WalMart claims it has the right to fire anyone who uses it anyway. When a routine drug screening detected marijuana in his system, Joseph Casias was fired as a matter of policy.

Former WalMart Associate Of The Year at the WalMart store in Battle Creek, Joseph Casias, showed them his medical marijuana card to no avail. "I was told they do not accept or honor my medical marijuana card," says Casias.

"I gave them everything," he says. "110 percent every day. Anything they asked me to do I did. More than they asked me to do. 12 to 14 hours a day."

WalMart spokesman Greg Rossiter explained, "In states, such as Michigan, where prescriptions for marijuana can be obtained, an employer can still enforce a policy that requires termination of employment following a positive drug screen. We believe our policy complies with the law and we support decisions based on the policy."

Sorry Joe. At WalMart you're not a person. You're just another employee number.

[Sandy G]

Its bullshit, but he prolly don't have a leg to stand on...

[Grumpy]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Its bullshit, but he prolly don't have a leg to stand on...

True, but it is legal in Michigan, along with many other states.

[merrylander]

And you expect wallyworld to respect the law?

[Charles]

You mean there's a pothead out there that hasn't worked for me?

Chas

[Twodogs]

Originally Posted by Charles

You mean there's a pothead out there that hasn't worked for me?

Chas

That's the funniest damn post I've seen in over a year. Charles, you been cracking me up all day Mang. So it's weed with the carpenters huh? I hear the painters are meth, and of course us pipefighters is just plain old whisky.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

That's the funniest damn post I've seen in over a year. Charles, you been cracking me up all day Mang. So it's weed with the carpenters huh? I hear the painters are meth, and of course us pipefighters is just plain old whisky.

Around here, painters all drink like fishes. It seems like a job requirement. I understand though. Whenever I do indoor painting, my beer consumption goes up exponentially.

[Twodogs]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Around here, painters all drink like fishes. It seems like a job requirement. I understand though. Whenever I do indoor painting, my beer consumption goes up exponentially.

My brother was a painter and he said the beer cut the effects of the fumes down to a tolerable level inside the brain.

BTW, he did the fireproofing in the Wolf Creek Nuke.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

BTW, he did the fireproofing in the Wolf Creek Nuke.

Hopefully using something other than asbestos.

[Charles]

One of my old buddies, insurance broker and an ex swabbie, always claimed that some of the finest alcoholics he had ever known came out of the construction trades.

And he knew of what he spoke. He could go from being stone cold sober to blind drunk as fast as anyone I've ever seen. If you got around him and the Judge at the same time, you were in for a rough session.

Chas