Spiegla v. Hull

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• holding that employee who initiated a private conversation with a superior about alleged misconduct involving other employees spoke on a matter of public concern
• holding that an “unfavorable change in schedule” was an adverse action sufficient to deter the exercise of free speech
• holding that employee who initiated a private conversation with a superior about alleged misconduct involving other employees spoke about a matter of public concern, in part, because the employee “did not intend that the conversation would be kept confidential”
• noting that the adverse job transfer occurred after seven years of uninterrupted postings on the plaintiffs preferred job
• holding “transfer to a more physically demanding and less skilled post and an unfavorable change in schedule” could de‐ ter
• holding “transfer to a more physically demanding and less skilled post and an unfavorable change in schedule” could de‐ ter

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