An ambulance company owner who forced a dispatcher to ride in a decrepit ambulance is not only a bad boss, today's he's been named the biggest loser of the workplace by online voters in Working America's third annual My Bad Boss Contest. "Thunderstruck" from Illinois, who submitted this story, experienced a frightening incident of an infant choking, made worse by his co-worker's lack of training.
Thunderstruck not only went on to a more rewarding job--a victory in itself--but, as the contest's Grand Prize winner, gets a well-deserved vacation with a week's free stay at a condo in one of more than 50 countries, plus $1,000 to put toward airfare and other expenses.
Online voters selecting this year's worst boss had a tough choice: More than 600 workers sent in their stories describing mean bosses, drunk bosses, authoritarian bosses, sexist bosses, stupid bosses and just plain jerks.
We're the 2.1 million union members who are veterans of military service. We respect John McCain's service—and urge him to respect ours. But McCain has opposed increased funding for veterans health care and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Find out about McCain's record on veterans issues here.
