In February, Shanna Tippen told The Washington Post that she was excited for the 25-cent increase in Arkansas' minimum wage. Now, Tippen has told the Post that she was fired from her job at a Days Inn for participating in the interview.
Tippen told the Post's Chico Harlan that her boss, hotel manager Herry Patel, had told her she was "stupid and dumb" for talking to the Post. She believes her original interview with Harlan is the reason she was fired from her job.
"As of now, I’m looking for any kind of job at all," Tippen told the Post. She added that she and her family are living off a tax refund check, but funds are growing increasingly tight for the family.
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For his part, Harlan writes that Patel introduced him to Tippen himself, but Patel later "threatened to sue if an article was published."
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