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Joanne Drewniak, Sandra Piper, Michelle Bonsteel, and Jessica Skorupski, now known as the Hooksett Four, were fired in April for gossiping about an inappropriate relationship between the town administrator and another employee. After the administrator complained, the Hooksett Four were fired.
"We didn't start the rumor, nor did we say there was an affair going on," Drewniak said in an article on cnn.com. "We didn't have time like they think...to sit around and just gossip. That is so untrue."
"We discussed it on a lunch break, and then it ended," said Piper.
An article on cnn.com says the firing of the four women "rais[es] questions about fairness, free speech, and a staple of life in the American workplace."
However, Tory Johnson, Good Morning America's workplace contributor said, "Free speech only goes so far. An employer definitely has the right to defend his reputation."
Though not hopeful, the women are appealing to get their jobs back. They are relying on a town petition and public pressure to persuade the Town Council to rehire them.
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