Facebook is the largest social site now, not only be used to find friends or just sharing, Facebook is also used by many people as the media to seek support or just want to draw attention (Read: "I like it" On Facebook & Breast Cancer Awareness).
But what would happen if a worker gives a negative comment about her boss on Facebook. This is what happens to Dawnmarie Souza, a woman who works as an emergency medical technician. Souza was fired because she had posted a complaint about her supervisor on Facebook page.
Souza made a range of disparaging comments about her supervisor. “Looks like I'm getting some time off. Love how the company allows a 17 to become a supervisor,”
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint against the company in Connecticut for its action. They have accused the company of illegally firing.
Lafe Solomon, the board's acting general counsel, said, "This is a fairly straightforward case under the National Labor Relations Act -- whether it takes place on Facebook or at the water cooler, it was employees talking jointly about working conditions, in this case about their supervisor, and they have a right to do that."
Meanwhile, American Medical Response said that they fired Souza not because of the comment in her Facebook page, but due to "multiple, serious complaints about her behavior,"
AMR’s lawyer told ABC that she was fired over two complaints that the company had received from patients between October 2009 and November 2009.
