The story has received much media attention. On Thursday, a story appeared in the Ottawa Citizen in which former Wal-Mart employee Carla Cheney alleged that she was fired for confronting a customer after witnessing him lock his Newfoundlander in his car. (Story here: Wal-Mart worker says she was fired for confronting customer over dog locked in car.) According to Environment Canada, temperatures measured at the Ottawa airport for the day on which she confronted the customer ranged from a low of 16.2 degrees at 11:00 PM to a high of 23.4 at 2:00 PM.
In a follow-up story in the same paper, Wal-Mart says employee wasn't fired for trying to help dog, it was reported that Wal-Mart denied, via a Facebook post, that Cheney was fired for trying to help the dog. Wal-Mart declined to say why she was fired, however, citing respect for Cheney and privacy concerns.
The questions some have asked are: "Is this legal?" "Is this allowed?" "Is this just cause?" and "Is this right?" Allow me to muse.