Thursday, November 24, 2011

Ikea boss in Germany sacked for 'pro-Nazi' Facebook posts...

The German unit of Swedish furniture giant Ikea said Wednesday it had fired a manager with right-wing extremist "friends" on Facebook for expressing offensive opinions on the social networking site.

A spokeswoman for the German subsidiary told AFP that it had learned that the staff member had links on Facebook to members of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD).

"Ikea received a tip that an employee in a managerial position in our store in Wallau (western Germany) expressed opinions and views on Facebook that are in no way compatible with our values," she added in an emailed message.

 "That is why we, after an extensive review, decided to take action in the case at hand and will no longer work with the staff member in question." Full story...

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