An employee of a Chicago-area automobile dealership who was fired after posting critical commentary about the company on his Facebook page has asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for help in contesting his unjust job termination.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) meanwhile, after a thorough review of the case of the fired car salesman from the Karl Knauz BMW dealership in Lake Bluff, Illinois has filed their own complaint against the car dealership questioning the reason behind the firing.
The fired car salesman has posted on his Facebook wall some complaints regarding what he considers as “lame food and drinks” that was served at a recent event held by the car dealership to promote the latest BMW model. He felt that the meals and bottled mineral water from Sam’s Club hot dogs are not the appropriate food choices suitable for hyping an event promoting a luxury car model and expresses concerns that the sales of the new BMW model will suffer because of that questionable decision by the management.
The commentary of the fired car salesman was backed up by photographic evidence of the said event. The management after finding about it asked the salesman to pull down his post, to which he obliged and deleted it after. However, even after deleting the said post the management still decided to fire the salesman. The NLRB in its complaint argued that the incident should not become a ground for job termination since Facebook posting is included in the “protected concerted activity” clause of the employees rights which any employer does not have the right to retaliate for.
An official from the Karl Knauz BMW dealership was contacted for comments but could only say “I don’t know anything about that.”
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