"Our 1st Amendment Right through Social Media about the Workplace.....Is it Okay, or could it cost us?!!

Lets keep it real, most Americans in the work field have complained or made negative remarks about their job, a co-worker, or supervisor right?!!! Often times we find someone at our job that we trust and confide in about different things going in our personal lives, and of course THE JOB! So how far should a company go to keep you silent? Read this article below, watch the clip and post a comment to let us know what you think.

"Facebook Firing" Seen Aiding Worker Free Speech

Woman Axed for Bashing Boss on Facebook Sued; Settlement Reached; It May Be Precedent-Setter for All Workers
(AP / CBS)

(CBS) With more than 600 million users, Facebook has become an almost expected way to stay connected -- users log on to reveal details of and news about their lives. But one user, a paramedic from Connecticut, unexpectedly found herself at the center of what may turn out to have been a precedent-setting legal battle -- by writing about her job - specifically - criticizing her boss. Dawnmarie Soouza wrote, "Love how the company allows a 17 to be a supervisor." 17 is code for a psychiatric patient. And after colleagues joined in the discussion, Souza twice referred to her supervisor in more derogatory terms. That led to her being terminated, and her lawsuit, the settlement of which one law professor tells CBS News "really has expanded the free speech rights of American workers//If they are communicating about the workplace, and they're talking about their supervisors, then it's a protected activity." "Early Sow" co-anchor Erica Hill interviewed Souza and told her story:

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