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I am a member of a union and work primarily at a nuclear generating station. Over the last 4 years I have been disciplined numerous times and terminated twice for events that didn’t happen but were made up by my employer so they could get rid of me. Most recently I took a medical stress leave, unpaid and under the advice of my doctor and when I returned they refused to accept my doctors note and demanded a new one which I acquired and when I returned with my new note they stated that I was going to be put on stand off (temp lay-off) and my union steward stated that I would be paid for 15 hours but when I wasn’t paid and I inquired about it I was informed that I had been terminated in October and that they were not required to pay me. I wasn’t informed about being terminated and I was in contact with management throughout my time off. There is a lot more to this and I have evidence of suspensions because of not calling in sick for days I was at work and was paid. We use our fingerprints to punch in and out and won’t get paid unless we do so. I have 30 years of work before my retirement and I am treated like shit to the point of causing severe depression and anxiety and ultimately, my recent medical leave which my doctor can verify.
Hello, I haven't been fired, but my boss at Arcadia Academy of Music was harassing me and other music teacher contractors to come in over our holiday / vacation to discuss our students without pay. The following is the conversation that took place in emails. My question is... can I outright quit and not go back even if my contract stated that I have to give 2 weeks notice based on the history below? If I go back, what if they try to build a case against me to then fire me? Hi Carmen, WOW... I find it unbelievable that after having worked for Arcadia North Brampton since June 2011, that you would say I’m being disrespectful. I was willing to come in at a reasonable time on Jan. 2nd. But I’m also back to work that day, so NO, 10am is not a good time for me. And I have plans on New Years Eve. 1. I’ve barely missed a day of work since 2011. 2. I’ve come in sick a few times in 7 years and still managed to finish my shift. 3. I’ve had winning students almost every year at Musicfest, and they score high in examinations. (Yet for some reason, it’s the young inexperienced and irresponsible teachers who are getting most of the respect by 'management'.) 4. My student's success has always been my priority and if you look at their results, you’ll know that. 5. We’ve been called into work on our personal time in the past to discuss common goals which weren’t anything new to experienced teachers, and reno’s (which never even happened). What I find disrespectful is the fact that I can’t get a break / take a vacation over the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS without being harassed… ... told that my job can be given to someone else, coerced and now disrespected if I don’t come in when it’s convenient to you. I have to wait an entire year to get a week off because I can’t afford to go away and this is what I have to deal with? If meeting to discuss our students was that important to you, why weren’t we given a prior heads up before leaving for the holidays? Instead we got ‘SCHEDULED’ and ‘SETUP’ and basically told multiple times that we have to choose a time based on your convenience. I’m sorry but when you’re off on vacation to Cuba, Germany, Mexico…. I don’t send you emails freaking you out with demands and requests. And I don’t appreciate how you twist the situation and use reverse psychology to try to make the teachers feel guilty or make it look like you're the one being disrespected. I’m not being disrespectful Carmen. I said I was taking a week off of teaching. I am on vacation and I’m not always getting cell service, or checking email. I’m also not your employee who is being paid a salary. I am a contractor and I have to spend gas and time out of my personal vacation to come in for this meeting. Based on what most teachers make, we can’t afford to be spending extra gas when we don’t have to, especially in December. (And we already did that for the Christmas concert. We were expected to be there and we are never paid for it.) I’m a little concerned at the urgency of all this and wondering what on earth is going on. If you are being forced to do this then why not just say so? Anyway perhaps you have an agenda Carmen. I just wanted to speak my mind. And good managers listen to their people and allow them to speak their minds once in a while. Debra On Dec 30, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Carmen's Outlook wrote: Hi Debra, I’ve also sent you some text messages, but I’m sending you this email because I’m really disappointed that you haven’t even made any effort to try to work with me on finding a time to meet. If it wasn’t important I wouldn’t be asking. I don’t think I have ever done so and to simply ask for one hour of your time over a two week period I don’t think it’s too much. This leaves me to believe that maybe our school and how we operate is not that important to you? If so that’s not a problem I have other teachers willing to take your spot on tuesdays. From my perspective, I find it very disrespectful. I never ever have asked you to come and meet with me outside of your shift to discuss your students, our common goals at the school, or otherwise. If it wasn’t important to us I wouldn’t ask and this is not acceptable to me.
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I got fired today because of voicing my options and supposeable attitude but I have never shown any source of attitude towards anyone specially customers and only voice my opinion because of owner taking to another employee about a situation that occurred with a different employee can they rightfully fire me and can I go to labour board for this?
I was hired Dec 6 , after 20 days from disrespect and insult my boss notb the HR asked me to come to work dec 26 at 4 AM , when I arrived she gave a letter that my employemrent is terminated , during the past 20 days she treated me with all disrespect and insult and I know I was under probation period but can she treat me like I am no one , and do that ? I was assigned to be a manager at Menzies aviation but she didn’t allow me to do my task and she was controlling everything, this was my first job in Canada , I am a PR holder since August only and I am shocked is that how they treat employees here ?
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