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Worker advocates reported scattered firings around the country related to Monday's marches that drew hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, including an estimated 400,000 in downtown Chicago. 'By far the vast majority of employers respected workers' right to take the day off, but there some instances of workers getting fired,' Tim Bell, executive director of the Chicago Workers' Collaborative, said. The group is a member of the ad hoc National Workers Defense Committee, which is coordinating a response with legal help from the Service Employees International Union. The group said it is preparing to file a single national unfair labor practice charge against employers who violated workers' rights. Such demonstrations are largely protected by the National Labor Relations Act, and employers are not allowed to impose penalties for absences for rallies that they don't impose for other types of absences.
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