Ted said:
The way most of you look at work would make you excellent employee's overhere! Maybe you should consider a career-change
It would make us excellent employees over here too.
Many of us have worked in the civilian sector in the US for some years. We do know what we are talking about.
As for the US Supreme court deciding if a protest is "legit" or any other court deciding a protest is "legit" it is not their right unless it is brought up to them in a legal conflict. The judges, justices, police, and others forms of law enforcement are there to uphold the laws and make final decisions. Not to justify whether a protest is legit.
Man A tells his boss he is not coming to work. Boss says come to work or I will fire you. Man A tells his boss he will be in to work the next day but he has things to do. Boss says I don't care, I need you at work. Man A hangs up the phone to avoid an argument with his boss. In this whole scenario he never tells his boss what he will be doing. Just that he is taking the day off.
Boss fires man A. Man A sues his boss for firing him. Case goes to court. The court upholds the boss' right to fire the employee for not coming to work.
This is the law. This is the only aspect that the courts would be able to step in and say anything about. Did the guy break the law or not? In this case it would be pretty cut and dried. By the way, this would also make the guy (in most states) have to work at even be able to draw unemployment.
Another spin on the situation is this (which I was told one time):
If you do not show up to work, and you do not call within 1 hour of the start of your shift, you will be considered as having quit your job.
You can be
required to work overtime (anything over 40 hours a week is considered overtime. This usually pays 1.5 times your normal hourly wage.) but must be given 24 hours notice.
If you volunteer for overtime and do not show up you can be terminated the same as if you did not show up for normal working hours.
This list went on and on. The hand book it came from I am paraphrasing if you haven't guessed. But they devoted 4 pages of do's and dont's in regards to what I would call just plain good work ethics. But some people need these guidelines so they can not use the excuse of ignorance. This also protected the company by making sure that the employee has adequate access to the rules and regulations governing employee behavior within the company. If the employee breaks the rules the employer can give them chances. If it goes to court then the employer can always say "look at how many times they broke the rules". Lots of different ways to look at something. It all depends on where you wish to place the responsibility.
But I agree with you Ted, there is a big cultural difference here. I can almost guarantee that if people with that mindset and expectations came to the US in hopes of employment, they would be sorely and quickly disabused of the ideas.