I'm not boycotting Subway

Management at a Subway in Dunedin sacked an employee using what is alleged to be a procedurally unfair process over a trivial matter of a two dollar cup of coke. The staff member was also arrested and charged with theft.

If true, the staff member involved can lodge an unfair dismissal claim and receive compensation for the actions of the (former) employer. Even if the case proceeds, the Judge would likely not enter a conviction, or would order a diversion scheme, in the criminal case.

Boycotting Subway is lynch mob tactics - they deserve to have their say in court, and if they acted unlawfully be punished by considered decision in that forum.

Besides, as a franchise business it's not the fault of the other owners if one of their colleagues treats an employee badly. Would anyone support a boycott of the entire Union movement if the case involved one Union?