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Cashier is flashpoint in capitalism debate
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| Contributor | the wanderer |
| Last Edited | the wanderer Mar 03, 2009 11:06am |
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| Media | News Service - Reuters |
| News Date | Thursday, February 26, 2009 05:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin cashier who was sacked from a supermarket after 31 years of service because her employer accused her of stealing 1.30 euros ($1.65) has become a flash point of a debate about unchecked capitalism in Germany.
Leaders of Germany's major political parties criticized the supermarket's decision to fire Barbara Emme, especially because the 50-year-old who has become a German cause celebre denies the charges that she kept bottle deposit receipts worth 1.30 euros.
Wolfgang Thierse, vice president of parliament and member of the Social Democrats, on Thursday called a court decision on Tuesday that upheld the cashier's sacking "barbaric" and warned cases like this "destroy people's confidence in democracy."
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