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Stay out of political activism at work. The employer gets to decide what newspaperschoose the facilities to bring inprovide at the workplace, orsubject to stop them entirelylegal/statutory requirements. Unless anyThey don't need employees' permission to decide things like:

  • Whether to provide newspapers and magazines at the workplace
  • The colour of the workplace building
  • The brand of electrical and bathroom accessories used in the workplace
  • The carpenter to make the office furniture
  • The location of the workplace
  • ... etc ... (You get the idea.)

If their decision directly affects the work you were hired to do, then you should raise the concern with your manager. If a law is being broken and/or, you should raise it with your manager, HR, or law enforcement (preferably in that order). For example, if the "newspaper" is actually hate propaganda or child pornography or some such material that is illegal according to the local laws.

However, in this case, regardless of the reputation of Daily Mail and your strong opinions about it, it doesn't look like ordering it breaks any law or affects your workjob in any way, so I would advise against confronting the management in this matter.

While you haveare free to feel angry and uncomfortable about anything, it would do no groundsgood to oppose their decisionyour professional standing in the company to get involved in political activism at work or to pick up a fight over trivial issues. IfHere are a couple of alternatives you don'tcould try instead:

  • Do not read the newspaper that you don't like.
  • Bring in your "preferred" newspaper to read, and maybe even offer it to your coworkers to borrow for reading.
  • Have an informal chat with the committee members and request them to opt for a "less controversial" newspaper.1 Don't get management involved.
  • If you feel really strongly about the issue, part ways with the employer. It is their circus, they can choose their monkeys. If you don't like their monkeys, you can go to always go to another circus.

1 It is common for management to delegate relatively unimportant decisions like the newspaper"social events" and "fun tasks" to a committee of staff, you have theso I consider that an irrelevant detail. Nonetheless, some users disagree, so I decided to include this option of not reading itfor you.

Stay out of political activism at work. The employer gets to decide what newspapers to bring in at the workplace, or to stop them entirely. Unless any law is broken and/or this affects your work, you have no grounds to oppose their decision. If you don't like the newspaper, you have the option of not reading it.

The employer gets to choose the facilities to provide at the workplace, subject to legal/statutory requirements. They don't need employees' permission to decide things like:

  • Whether to provide newspapers and magazines at the workplace
  • The colour of the workplace building
  • The brand of electrical and bathroom accessories used in the workplace
  • The carpenter to make the office furniture
  • The location of the workplace
  • ... etc ... (You get the idea.)

If their decision directly affects the work you were hired to do, then you should raise the concern with your manager. If a law is being broken, you should raise it with your manager, HR, or law enforcement (preferably in that order). For example, if the "newspaper" is actually hate propaganda or child pornography or some such material that is illegal according to the local laws.

However, in this case, regardless of the reputation of Daily Mail and your strong opinions about it, it doesn't look like ordering it breaks any law or affects your job in any way, so I would advise against confronting the management in this matter.

While you are free to feel angry and uncomfortable about anything, it would do no good to your professional standing in the company to get involved in political activism at work or to pick up a fight over trivial issues. Here are a couple of alternatives you could try instead:

  • Do not read the newspaper that you don't like.
  • Bring in your "preferred" newspaper to read, and maybe even offer it to your coworkers to borrow for reading.
  • Have an informal chat with the committee members and request them to opt for a "less controversial" newspaper.1 Don't get management involved.
  • If you feel really strongly about the issue, part ways with the employer. It is their circus, they can choose their monkeys. If you don't like their monkeys, you can go to always go to another circus.

1 It is common for management to delegate relatively unimportant decisions like "social events" and "fun tasks" to a committee of staff, so I consider that an irrelevant detail. Nonetheless, some users disagree, so I decided to include this option for you.

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Masked Man
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Stay out of political activism at work. The employer gets to decide what newspapers to bring in at the workplace, or to stop them entirely. Unless any law is broken and/or this affects your work, you have no grounds to oppose their decision. If you don't like the newspaper, you have the option of not reading it.