Boycott Pep Boys
I can’t believe this happened:
Automotive supply chain Pep Boys fired a Tucson store manager because his military Reserve duties took him away from work, according to a federal lawsuit filed here.
It may not be an isolated case. Several other reservists fired from Pep Boys in Tucson and Pennsylvania have contacted a military advocacy group with similar complaints.
March 17, 2003 3:50 pm
Posted in: Outrage
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Andrew Lazarus - March 17, 2003 | 6:33 pm · Link
I’m reminded of…
My dad moved from the North to Washington, DC in 1950. DC was then a Jim Crow city, and I asked him if it hadn’t bothered him. He said once: when he was eating in a Hot Shoppes restaurant (that was the first Marriott chain, like Denny’s but nicer) and they turned away a black customer in military uniform. This was during the Korean War.
What I find most telling about the story is that my dad was an opponent of and a conscientious objector from that war.
Pep Boys should be ashamed, and their lawyers will set them straight.
Mason - March 17, 2003 | 10:52 pm · Link
I’m going to need blood pressure medicine by the time this year is over.
Roger - July 31, 2003 | 5:51 pm · Link
Pep boys Up and closes shop in a worcester,ma Store
telling all employees, there no longer needed, with no warning all customers cars still in shop ,bet there not getting them fixed