Pakistani worker in Germany dismissed for "stealing electricity!!!"

Employers in Germany, who have been encouraged by the pro-business policies of the government and legal system, are undertaking ever more provocative measures against workers.

At the start of the year the case of a supermarket checkout employee Barbara Emme, known as “Emmely”, hit the headlines after she was sacked for allegedly pocketing bottle deposit slips amounting to the sum of 1.30 euros. Now another worker in Oberhausen has been dismissed on the spot for charging his cell phone at his workplace. The estimated value of the electricity used is 0.014 cent or less than one-seven thousandth of a euro.

The worker, Mohammed Sheikh, emigrated from Pakistan and has lived and worked in Germany for over 20 years. For the past 14 years he has worked in the Oberhausen industrial plant Jawa, which produces seals for manufacturing purposes. More...

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