hbet63 Outrage after Target fires woman over 'dress code issue' By RACHEL BOWMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 20:56, 23 November 2024 | Updated: 21:24, 23 November 2024 e-mail View comments A North Dakota Target is facing backlash for firing a woman who wrote 'Trust in Jesus' on her name tag. Denise Kendrick, an employee of the store in Fargo, said she was fired on November 16 over a dress code issue. She put 'Trust in Jesus' and a drawing of a cross on her name tag for that shift, but was approached by a manager who told her she could not wear it, according to KVLY . 'I replied, "Well, I've seen people with rainbows on theirs. I'm going to continue to wear this name tag," and then they said, "Well, you can't work here anymore,"' Kendrick said. She said she asked for a reason why she was fired, but was only give a list of information about the dress code policy . 'I said, "Can I get it in writing why you're firing me?" and they refused to do that,' said Kendrick 'They gave me this paper with all these phone numbers on it and said, "If you have any questions about the violation of the dress code, just call one of these numbers." And he just kept repeating it, and we just kept going back and forth, and it was going nowhere.' Kendrick said she was wearing a plain long sleeve red sweatshirt and jeans when she was fore. She said she had been wearing other religious apparel for months and never had an issue. Denise Kendrick (pictured), an employee of the store in Fargo, said she was fired on November 16 over a dress code issue She put 'Trust in Jesus' and a drawing of a cross on her name tag for that shift 'I had no problems with anyone approaching me with my Christian shirts,' said Kendrick. According to Target's policy, 'Target is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities, including hiring, promotion, and advancement, without regard to the following characteristics: race, color, national origin, religious beliefs.' Outrage social media users called Kendrick's firing discrimination and said it was hypocritical to allow some people to write on their name tags but not her. 'I don't shop at Target! I hope that lady sues Target for wrongful termination! I am so sick of the intolerant left! They are all so wretched,' one Reddit user said. 'I'm done with target too expensive and their quality is not any better. I'm sick of their left policies. If they're gonna allow people to put rainbows and pronouns they have no reason not to allow her to put that,' said a another. 'How about a simple "you only wear the approved uniform and nothing else" policy. No "flair" or other garbage, just the corporate stuff required,' a third person said. 'Suddenly all of the problems go away. But of course the lefty "feelies" crowd won't be able to virtue signal if that happens.' Another person said, 'You'd think Target would allow their employees to express themselves. At least that's what they are giving off, but apparently not.' Kendrick said a manager approached her and told her she could not wear her name tag and then fired her Following her interview with the local news station, a Target spokesperson released a statement rehiring Kendrick Following her interview with the local news station, a Target spokesperson released a statement rehiring Kendrick. 'Upon learning of the situation, we conducted a review and determined that the team member should not have been terminated. We apologized to her and offered to reinstate her immediately,' the spokesperson said. 'We are taking the appropriate steps to address the actions taken by the individual leader involved in this situation and are working with the store to ensure our policies are appropriately followed moving forward.' Kendrick said on Facebook, 'My job has been reinstated, and yes I will continue to wear "Trust in Jesus" on my name tag.' Reddit North Dakota Share or comment on this article: Outrage after Target fires woman over 'dress code issue' e-mail Add comment

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Political experts say other than some small details, it isn’t. “They’re all short-term measures. And she mentions the timing. I looked and the timing is exactly the same. The affordability payments were announced in November 2022 before the spring election in May 2023,” said Brendan Boyd, a political science professor at MacEwan University. For her part, Premier Smith told the media her government’s affordability measures came at a time when Albertans needed it. “When we were at the height of our inflation crisis, you have to remember we were seeing inflation rates of 5 and 6 per cent, we saw gas an oil prices peak at the same time, we saw electricity prices peak at the same time. That’s why we gave our fuel tax reprieve when we did, that cost us somewhere in the order of $2.8 billion to deliver that relief,” explained Smith. Professor Boyd says while a $250 cheque and a slight GST holiday won’t be enough to change the tide of the upcoming federal election, he says Prime Minister Trudeau may be taking some lessons from the us federal election earlier this month. “There’s been a real recognition in the post-mortem of the US election that the democrats have lost working-class voters in swing states and across the board. And I think you’re seeing some of this recognition from the Trudeau government and the Liberals think this is something we need to address,” said Boyd. “I think it shows this is maybe part of the strategy going forward over the next, however long til election, is a concerted attempt to win back working-class voters.”The Prime Minister said his younger brother, who had learning difficulties because of complications at birth, had met “all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour”. He died peacefully on Boxing Day, according to the Prime Minister’s spokesman. The Prime Minister had been due to go on holiday with his family on Friday, but it is understood that he will now remain at home, and hopes to join them later. Sir Keir said in a statement: “My brother Nick was a wonderful man. “He met all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour. We will miss him very much. “I would like to thank all those who treated and took care of Nick. Their skill and compassion is very much appreciated.” Sir Keir spoke candidly about his brother in a recent biography written by journalist and former Labour Party adviser Tom Baldwin. While growing up in Surrey, the brothers shared a bunk bed in a room with an airing cupboard, and “just enough space for a couple of small desks where we’d do our homework”. The biography recorded how each child of the Starmer family was given a dog for their 10th birthday, and Nick and his twin sister Katy received Jack Russell terriers called Greg and Ben. The book also described how their mother, Jo, had taught Nick to read, but Sir Keir remembered how the school described his brother as “remedial”. Sir Keir, the middle child of four siblings, said: “They had no expectation of him or anything and I’m not sure he even sat exams, so he had nothing to show for coming out of education. “We were a family of six, so it didn’t feel lonely and I shared a room with him, but Nick didn’t have many friends and got called ‘thick’ or ‘stupid’ by other kids.” He added: “Even now I try to avoid using words like that to describe anyone.” Nick worked on scrap cars and scaffolding, earning enough money to rent a home near where he had grown up, according to the book. It said Sir Keir was best man at Nick’s wedding, and the now Prime Minister recalled borrowing a car so his brother was not “driving his bride from the church in his beaten-up minivan, which had all his clothes in the back”. The marriage ended and Nick lived for some time in Yorkshire. In 2022, Sir Keir stepped away from local election campaigning to make several hospital visits to see his brother, who was seriously ill at the time. The Prime Minister also spoke about Nick in his speech at this year’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool. As he described his early encounters with art and culture, and the need to remove social barriers, Sir Keir told delegates: “My brother, who had difficulties learning, he didn’t get those opportunities. “Every time I achieved something in my life, my dad used to say, ‘Your brother has achieved just as much as you, Keir’. “And he was right. I still believe that.” Mr Baldwin, writing for The Times on Friday, recalled the moment in 2023 that he learned from Sir Keir that his brother was dying of lung cancer. He wrote: “This has been a huge part of his life over the past couple of years, during which he made regular trips to Leeds where his brother was in hospital. “Even during the election campaign and since he entered Downing Street, Starmer has continued to visit without a camera crew in sight. “He got to know the staff treating his brother so well that he could recite all their names and they would let him into the hospital through a back door so that there would be no publicity.” Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch was among those in the world of politics to offer their condolences. She wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “This is such awful news. Particularly devastating at Christmas time. “My sincere condolences to Keir Starmer and all his family.” Irish premier Simon Harris wrote: “My sincere sympathy to Keir Starmer and his family on such sad news. “They are in my thoughts at this difficult time.”