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Old Nov 3, 2002 | 5:36 pm
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Kodak fires worker for anti-gay message
Wed Oct 30, 8:55 PM ET
Christopher Lisotta, Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network

SUMMARY: Eastman Kodak Co. is under fire for firing an employee for disagreeing with the company's position on supporting gay and lesbian workers.

Eastman Kodak Co., known for its support of a diverse workforce, is under fire for firing an employee for disagreeing with the company's position on supporting gay and lesbian workers.

Millwright Rolf Szabo, a 23-year employee at Kodak, was fired in early October after he responded to an internal company memo sent by a supervisor. The memo included guidelines for managers on how to handle and support a GLBT employee coming out on the job.

Szabo issued a response to the memo, writing, "Please do not send this type of information to me anymore as I find it disgusting and offensive." Instead of forwarding his response to just the originator of the memo, Szabo inadvertently sent the e-mail to more than 1,000 other Kodak Employees who had received the memo.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ti_gay_message


While I fully support Szabo's right to hold whatever beliefs he wants, I think this kind of comment was completely inappropriate in a business setting, and agree with Kodak's decision.

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