The social media influencer known as “The Woke Ginger” filed a lawsuit today in St. Louis Circuit Court, saying his employer terminated him after he criticized Enterprise Mobility on his platform.
Justin Kralemann says he worked for Food Outreach Inc. for eight years, rising to become a senior director of development and strategic initiatives. He says that board members and administrators at the St. Louis-based nonprofit knew of his recent side hustle posting progressive content online and seemingly approved of it. Board members told him this past January that they liked his posts, he says. The executive director helped him select a logo from design options provided by the nonprofit’s “own graphic design firm,” the lawsuit says.
But in February, Kralemann posted a video on The Woke Ginger’s Instagram based on reporting by St. Louis Magazine that detailed how Enterprise Mobility had come under fire for working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Enterprise and STLFC keep landing in the news for all the wrong reasons,” he wrote in the caption, detailing how the Taylor family, which owns Enterprise, had also recently banned Black Lives Matter and trans pride flags. The post drew more than 23,000 likes on Instagram alone, with another 1,400 on TikTok—and calls for boycotts from commenters…