Sainsbury's worker was sacked by the supermarket following a race row over a toy rabbit. Marian Cunnington, 52, reacted to seeing a cuddly toy rabbit named 'Bing', the lead character of a BBC kids cartoon, in a Midlands branch of the store while on shift.
The supermarket employee told an employment tribunal she asked colleagues: “Should we really be selling this toy? Black Lives Matter", according to Birmingham Live.
The 52-year-old was dismissed from her 28-year career for gross misconduct after a colleague claimed the comment she made was racist, reports the Mirror.
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