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When William Littig showed up for work at his REI store on Feb. 21, it didn't take long for him to realize it would be his last day. Two managers who were visiting from other stores called him into a closed-door meeting, Littig recalled. One of them read from a paper that turned out to be his termination notice. The manager said Littig had been "made aware" that REI employees "were unhappy with store leadership and were discussing ways to effectuate change." Littig, the manager read on, had failed to "escalate the situation to the appropriate leaders in a timely manner."
He should have been prosecuted according to all the allegations, but the DOJ dropped the investigation after smearing him for a couple years, because they had no evidence. And that's according to the DOJ...