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Guard Reinstated After Nazi Flag Flap
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2001
by Ronald Young
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2001, page 14
New York state prison guard Edward Kuhnel was suspended from his job on December 12, 1996, two days after a picture of a Nazi flag flying outside his home appeared in a local newspaper. Pursuant to the grievance procedure outlined in the collective bargaining agreement between the prison guards union ...
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
Racial Discrimination,
Guards/Staff,
Employee Litigation,
Guard Unions.
Location:
New York.
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