Employees at multiple federal agencies were ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures by Friday afternoon, according to internal memos obtained by ABC News.
This is their professional speech, not their personal speech. Your employer has the absolute right to fire you if you use swear words in communique with your work email. That’s not a violation, just like this isn’t.
The federal government simply considers this unprofessional, and since they’re applying the rule equally there’s also no basis for a discrimination or wrongful termination suit.
How I’d this not a free speech violation?
This is their professional speech, not their personal speech. Your employer has the absolute right to fire you if you use swear words in communique with your work email. That’s not a violation, just like this isn’t.
The federal government simply considers this unprofessional, and since they’re applying the rule equally there’s also no basis for a discrimination or wrongful termination suit.
What free speech rights does a government employee have in their official correspondence?
This is a civil rights violation, not a free speech violation.