Basket Mouth Reaction To Woman Awarded $21m After Been Fired For Refusing To Work On Sundays

Basket Mouth Reaction To Woman Awarded $21m After Been Fired For Refusing To Work On Sundays

The Nigerian youths and entertainment industry, including comedian Basket Mouth, have reacted after it heard that a woman was awarded $21 million dollars after she was fired for refusing to work on Sundays but rather attend church services.

Marie Jean Pierre, 60-year-old a former dishwasher at the Conrad Miami Hotel, worked with the establishment for the past 10 years. But she was fired in March 2016 because she missed work for six Sundays to attend church service at Bethel Baptist Church in Miami. 

She who is a devout Christian missionary born in Haiti, said that she had informed her employer when she was hired that she could not work on Sundays because of her religious beliefs. When she was then assigned to work on Sunday (probably by a new boss), she skipped work and rather went to church. After missing work for six Sundays, her employment was terminated.

At an interview on Wednesday, she told NBC 6 Miami:

 In her words

I love God. No work on Sunday, because Sunday I honor God

Pierre sued her former company for terminating her appointment on religious grounds. Her lawsuit argued that her former employer had violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which protects workers from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex or national origin.

A jury in federal court ruled in her favor on Monday, granting her $21 million in damages, plus $35,000 in back wages and $500,000 for emotional pain and mental anguish.

Following this court ruling, Nigerians took to social media to react and  trust me, Nigerians can be funny and it's so hilarious.

BasketMouth wrote: