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Salvation Army Worker Sacked After Saying 'Send Them Back on a Boat'
Employment tribunal ruled dismissal justified after Charles Markie made racist remarks about refugees, undermining trust in his role supporting vulnerable migrants at a Salvation Army hostel.
- An employment tribunal in Dundee upheld the Salvation Army's dismissal of Charles Markie, employee, over a remark made while working at Strathmore Lodge, Dundee.
- Following staff reports, the charity's disciplinary process concluded when Karen Good, service manager, chaired a hearing finding gross misconduct and ordering summary dismissal.
- Colleagues told the tribunal Charles Markie said there wouldn’t be a housing shortage if we weren’t taking in 150 refugees and added `send them all back on a f****** boat`, later replying `Yes, the lot of them` when challenged about a Syrian refugee.
- Mr Markie’s legal claims were rejected by the tribunal, which dismissed his unfair dismissal, direct sex discrimination and harassment claims and found colleagues shocked by his comment.
- Having worked for nearly 20 years at the charity, Markie defended himself saying he 'isn’t racist', has foreign friends, can 'get carried away' and 'do make stupid comments but don’t mean any harm'.
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Salvation Army worker of 20 years SACKED after saying migrants should be sent back 'on a boat'
An employment tribunal has determined the Salvation Army acted lawfully when it sacked a long-serving worker who declared refugees should be sent back "on a f****** boat
·London, United Kingdom
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