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Coke Canada Bottling terminates worker injured on the job, says keeping him would be too hard on the company (www.cbc.ca)

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Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited cited a rare legal principle that allows it to terminate an injured worker

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 31 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

For Americans reading this story from Canada:

This happens every day in America and doesn't require a "rare legal principal" because it's perfectly normal here.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 hours ago

Also it's in Alberta, that stronghold of maple maga and perhaps our worst labour laws. I hope there's some serious punitive pain on this.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I love the term terminated. Like did they fire him, or did they drag him out back and give him the ol' yeller?

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Maybe he was cut or slashed. He could have been made redundant!

(I was just listening to a hilarious story by Stuart Mclean that had these jokes. It's in the 2nd half of this podcast.

[Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe] Kindness - Wally https://podcastaddict.com/backstage-at-the-vinyl-cafe/episode/176635953 via @PodcastAddict

[–] Ageroth@reddthat.com 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Alternatively, an anthropomorphic robot from the future traveled back in time to drag them out back and ol' yeller them so the machine uprising can occur

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

In the High Fructose Corn Syrup world its called Dieobeating

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

They just threw him into the machine. If he can't produce, they'd just turn him into the product.