On Tuesday's show, Ed referred to an employee of Case, who was supposedly being denied a leave of absence to see his son off to Iraq. According to Ed, he was originally promised the time-off, then had it revoked, due to weather conditions in Fargo.

I sent an e-mail to their staff regarding this issue:
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Comments:  Do you support our troops??? Re-instate the man!



In response, I received this:
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Date:  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:00:16 -0600
Dear Mr. :

Thank you for your comment and concern. Please allow us to set the record straight because outside parties have inaccurately portrayed the circumstances between the company and an employee at our Fargo plant this week.

The allegation the company refused to approve an employee's request for time off to be with his son prior to military deployment overseas is simply not true. We recognize the sacrifice made by our armed services men and women and their families on a regular basis, and we support them fully.

Case New Holland provides employees with competitive vacation and holiday schedules and a broad leave of absence policy covering personal, educational, civic, family and medical circumstances as well as military service with differential pay. We also support employees in the use of these policies to balance their employment and personal needs and commitments.

By policy, we do not discuss individual employee circumstances. We can say this issue has been resolved and no further action on the part of the employee or company is anticipated.

We believe our record as a quality employer speaks for itself and appreciate this opportunity to correct the misrepresentations of outside parties.

Sincerely,

John Henigan

North America Customer Relations

CNH America LLC