US EditionOrganization says pro-Palestine protester should lose job, free speech group disagrees
- Lauren Gaw, a nurse at SCA Health hired in April 2023, filed a lawsuit in February 2024 after being suspended and fired for displaying pro-Palestinian stickers at work.
- The suit alleges violations of California laws protecting employees' political speech, stemming from incidents after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack and Israel's Gaza invasion.
- Gaw was told by supervisors and a doctor that her stickers upset colleagues, and she was instructed to stop bringing them, despite her view that the slogan meant Palestinian self-determination, not violence.
- Free speech advocates, including Legal Aid at Work and FIRE, emphasize the right to hold political opinions while medical groups like AIM argue that supporting violence contradicts medical ethics.
- Gaw's lawsuit seeks to protect employee free speech rights and prevent similar employer retaliation, highlighting tensions in balancing political expression and workplace standards.
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Lawsuit alleges UnitedHealth fired San Diego nurse over Palestine stickers
A San Diego nurse has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, alleging that she was illegally fired from her job at the Outpatient Surgery Center of La Jolla for bringing water bottles to work that featured stickers supporting Palestinian freedom and denouncing Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide. Lauren Gaw alleges that UnitedHealth Group, which owns the local surgery center through a series of subsidiaries, violated sev…
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Organization says pro-Palestine protester should lose job, free speech group disagrees
(The Center Square) – An organization publicly questioned two hospitals for employing individuals who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, but free speech advocates said that Americans have the right to “both a career and a political opinion.”
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