{"id":1117711,"date":"2021-12-14T11:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117711"},"modified":"2021-12-14T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:58:44","slug":"report-kentucky-factory-employees-claim-being-threatened-with-firing-if-they-left-before-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-kentucky-factory-employees-claim-being-threatened-with-firing-if-they-left-before-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Kentucky Factory Employees Claim Being Threatened with Firing If They Left Before Tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-kentucky-factory-employees-claim-being-threatened-with-firing-if-they-left-before-tornado%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">When a tornado approached Mayfield, Kentucky, on Friday, workers at a candle factory heard the sirens and wanted to leave. Now approximately five of them claim supervisors said they would be fired if they left early.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/kentucky-tornado-factory-workers-threatened-firing-left-tornado-employ-rcna8581\">reported<\/a> Monday:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p class>For hours, as word of the coming storm spread, as many as 15 workers beseeched managers to let them take shelter at their own homes, only to have their requests rebuffed, the workers said.&nbsp;Fearing for their safety, some left during their shifts regardless of the repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>At least eight people died in the Mayfield Consumer Products factory, which makes scented candles. The facility was leveled, and all that is left is rubble. Photos and videos of its widespread mangled remains have become symbols of the enormous destructive power of Friday\u2019s tornado system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/2021\/12\/13\/watch-live-gov-beshear-holds-briefing-tornado-damage\/\">announced<\/a> Monday 74 people had been confirmed deceased in his state.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jlFGjMn0UBQ\">showed<\/a> before and after images of the candle factory:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Tornado twisted everything&#039;: Search for survivors continue at Mayfield candle factory\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jlFGjMn0UBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, 21-year-old McKayla Emery told NBC during an interview from her hospital room that employees initially asked to leave not long after the tornado sirens went off outside the factory at approximately 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class>The employees gathered in bathrooms and hallways but the actual tornado would not hit for several hours. Once employees decided the danger passed, some asked to return home, according to the workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-intersection-ref\" readability=\"8\">\n<p>\u201cPeople had questioned if they could leave or go home,\u201d Emery recalled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, supervisors and team leaders reportedly told the workers leaving might jeopardize their jobs, the employees claimed.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cIf you leave, you\u2019re more than likely to be fired,\u201d Emery claimed she overheard managers tell some workers gathered near her who wanted to leave the facility. \u201cI heard that with my own ears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class>Twenty-year-old Elijah Johnson was working in the rear of the building when employees hoping to go home went to talk with supervisors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19128018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237218269.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19128018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237218269-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Search and recovery teams work in the rubble at the site of a candle factory devastated after extreme weather hit the region, in Mayfield, Kentucky on December 13, 2021. (CHANDAN KHANNA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19128050\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237165545.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19128050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237165545-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman walks away from what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory as emergency workers comb the rubble after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 11, 2021. (JOHN AMIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class>\u201cI asked to leave and they told me I\u2019d be fired,\u201d Johnson claimed.<\/p>\n<p class>However, officials with the company denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely untrue,\u201d Bob Ferguson, who is a spokesman for Mayfield Consumer Products, stated. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a policy in place since Covid began. Employees can leave any time they want to leave and they can come back the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class>Additionally, he denied managers told the workers that walking away from their shifts meant risking their positions.<\/p>\n<p class>Ferguson added that leadership undergo emergency drills compliant with guidelines from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cThose protocols are in place and were followed,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p class>The candle factory\u2019s CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a3zc-HvwxkA\">spoke<\/a> with ABC News about the recovery efforts on Sunday:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Candle factory CEO on rescue effort after tornado hit with over 100 inside | ABC News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a3zc-HvwxkA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p class>Meanwhile, families and survivors are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/weather\/2021\/12\/13\/families-mourn-in-wake-of-tornado-tragedy-at-kentucky-candle-factory\/\">mourning<\/a> in the aftermath of the tornado that hit the candle factory where several people were killed and eight were missing, Breitbart News reported Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a tornado approached Mayfield, Kentucky, on Friday, workers at a candle factory heard the sirens and wanted to leave. 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