A teen who joined the U.S. Marines claims he was fired from his job as a sacker at the Food King store in Texas City because he missed work as he was sworn in as a recruit. Joshua Perthius, 18, claimed the store’s manager already had threatened to fire him if he missed work because of his recruit activities. But Food King’s management claimed the teen’s firing had nothing to do with his plans to join the military. They said Perthius was fired because he never informed the store manager he needed the time off and that he didn’t follow...
