The Wall Street Journal

It’s getting harder to keep politics out of the workplace

It’s getting harder to keep politics out of the workplace
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The Wall Street Journal
By Chip Cutter and Lauren Weber As Republicans prepared to gather at their party’s national convention in Milwaukee last month, restaurateur Paul Bartolotta and his team reminded the company’s wait staff of a longstanding policy: If a diner starts spouting political beliefs, try to stay quiet. “If you hear something, it’s not your position to engage,” Bartolotta said he told his staff. “Let it play out.” Like a number of businesspeople, Bartolotta is on a quest to keep politics out of the...

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