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Ford employee fired after 11 years for stealing cookie he’d actually paid for (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 5 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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A Ford employee says he lost his job after being accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie, only for the company to later realize he’d actually paid for it.

60-year-old Kurt Kromm had worked at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant for 11 years, but told Shifting Gears he was fired after the company believed security footage showed him taking a cookie from the break room without paying.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Age discrimination.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Companies love firing people rather than letting them retire. Hell even the government loves to do it. It happened to my dad, he got forced into early retirement after 30 years of government service. The union really failed him.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

govt unions are pretty toothless from what ive seen, even the USPS is pretty weak(the president loves trump) and the postmaster is the actual "president" of the union.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Except the Chicago PD (and likely the LAPD) Union. They're like a fucking shadow government.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

police unions arnt true unions, they just know how to strongarm the cities to give what they want