My wife recently began working for a large cooperation in Salt Lake City. Below is a letter she recently received. Note: I have removed some names to protect identities.
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Subject: URGENT - E-mail your representative about H.B. 429
All staff,
THIS IS AN URGENT REQUEST.
We need EVERYONE (yes, everyone) to e-mail your Utah state representative AND senator IMMEDIATELY and voice your strong opposition to House Bill 429. We prefer that you use your personal e-mail address. (Blind carbon copy, BCC, your manager when you do this.)
H.B. 429 is a special interest bill would change the definition of a "newspaper publication" as it applies to legal and public notices. In effect, the bill would move $300,000 every month from *edited* and *edited* to the *edited*.
Read the bill here (Utah Legislature HB0429) and find your legislators here (Utah State Senate).
Use these talking points when e-mailing your representative:
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The letter continues onto a bunch of talking points which I removed for brevity.
What worries me here is that they are essentially ordering their employees to to take a political stance. Notice it says to BCC your manager. Is this even legal? Is this ethical? Could my wife be fired for taking action?
I'm sure this type of stuff happens all over and this issue is not a left vs right issue. It also probably affects none of us. So hopefully we can get a non-partisan discussion on this topic.