Schneiter was fired after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in July reported on his Facebook postings. “I don’t think he’s racist and even if he’s racist he’s got First Amendment rights,” Cade said. Schneiter referred other questions to his attorney, Nate Cade, who said the Department of Corrections acted improperly in firing him. “If I get my job back, I’m going back to work,” he said in a brief interview. Schneiter, 65, had said in the summer that he intended to retire soon, but on Friday said he wants to return to work. The state Department of Corrections did not immediately return messages seeking comment Friday. The ruling from the WERC chairman can be appealed in court. That hearing will serve as a type of mini-trial where both Schneiter and the Department of Corrections can present evidence and call witnesses. He filed a second appeal last month and has a hearing scheduled before the commission on April 2. Schneiter appealed his firing in December but was denied.
Richard “Sam” Schneiter, a 42-year veteran of the Department of Corrections, was fired in November, records from the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission provided to The Associated Press reveal. A Wisconsin deputy prison warden has been fired after posting Facebook memes comparing Muslim children to garbage and equating flying a gay pride rainbow flag with raising the Confederate flag.
