Top headline: Associated Press
Bottom headline: New York Times
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Bernard Mokam report:
Risa L. Lieberwitz, a professor of labor and employment law at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said that what she found novel about the recent firings was how much companies appear to fear reprisal from the Trump administration and other politicians.
“Right now, it’s at quite an extreme level of fear that people have in speaking out,” she said. [emphasis added]
In some cases, employers have acted while under pressure from lawmakers and other government officials.
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