The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio issued a press release today calling on the University of Akron to retain Professor Matt Williams. Prof. Williams resigned his adjunct position last October to protest the university’s policy of collecting a DNA sample from all job applicants. The practice is illegal under the newly enacted Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). The university rehired Prof. Williams to teach this semester, but has now rescinded that contract on grounds that his prior resignation makes him unreliable. It is hard to see how this is anything other than firing him for blowing the whistle.
ACLU of Ohio calls on University of Akron to keep whistleblowing professor
- WNN Staff
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