Day 7, and still going strong (rr):
Heading into Day 7 of a hunger strike -- he started two days after being fired from his job as a $15.95 per hour verifier at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Loveland -- Ryszard Tomtas isn't ready to give up.A sensible commenter notes that since we don't know the facts here, it's really hard to judge anything about this case."I kind of want him to just come back and not stay out there anymore," said Marcin, who has gone out to sit with his father a couple of times. "I hope he just gets his point proven ... and just comes back here. It's kind of weird thinking of him being out there for a month or so."
Tomtas, 46, of Loveland is protesting his firing by camping just outside the parking lot of the distribution center, the same workplace he said a supervisor and a fellow employee had sexually harassed him 30 times since 2000. Wal-Mart spokeswoman Christi Davis Gallagher of the corporate office in Bentonville, Ark., said Tomtas was terminated because he violated policy on workplace violence.
Tomtas, a Polish immigrant who worked at the distribution center for 13 years, said Wal-Mart accused him of kicking somebody.
"I never kicked anybody," said Tomtas, who was fired on March 8.
Tomtas said he's not hungry, he's feeling great and that he's in good spirits.
Posted by Kevin on March, 17 2005 at 12:25 PM
