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If you belong to an association that represents you as employee and are dismissed, why is it that you cannot sue for wrongful dismissal?

I work as a server at a popular golf course where I have worked for 15 years and was just asked by a supervisor to increase the portion of my tips I pay to the cook from 10% to 30%. I have not agreed to this change. Do I have any rights? Christine

I am a union iron worker, for the last 14 years I've been a victim of horrasement at work never been dispatch properly I've spent month and month on employment the union hall of local 786 never protected me. The company's do what they want the dispatch is done wrongfully at at the hall the president of the union hall is a drug addict the bisness agent is always gone in the state. Just lately I got dispatch for a 2 day job close to my place at new post creek. To assemble a tower crane the job went well except for union descrepency's like other trades doing our work. I finish the job and ask human resources for the job markup. He raised his voice at me, I simply ask for the markup . They wrote a letter to my union hall that I was banned from the site. The union is not helping me and there are more work coming from new post creek. What can I do at this point? I've lived my life very poorly I've been tossed as side for 14 years what can I do. There's more to this story

I worked for a private homecare company and I wasn't getting very many hours with them, so I went and got a second job. My second job was giving me 8hr days when I worked. I told my first job that if they could give me 8hr days I would work for them most and the other job when it is slow. My second job would give me a month worth of a schedule, while my first job goes weekly. Eventually my first job would be sending me an email saying I'm working 2hrs on a day I told them I was unavailable for. And forcing me to reject the work. This happened multiple times. I told them that if they could give me an 8hr shift that I would tell my 2nd job I can't work for them. Eventually I stopped receiving any job emails from my first job, and then at the beggining of January I recieved an email asking if I was still interested to work with my first company. I never replied only as I was busy and then forgot. And now I recieved a roe stating I was dismissed, to me if they don't have enough work for an 8hr shift wouldn't that me a shortage of work, not a dismissal?

I have worked for my employer since December 19, 2011 as a part-time Manager-In-Training, then as a full-time Store Manager since December 10, 2012. I suffered a major heart attack on August 19, 2015. Upon my return to work on March 8, 2016, after about a six month sick leave, I was presented with a letter that says I am being demoted for misconduct, for 15 debit refunds that were processed between January to April 2015. The debit refunds were processed by my daughter, a seaonal employee. I was responsible for going over store receipts as the Store Manager. I missed these debit refunds for unknown reasons, and swear the oversights were unintentional. The letter of demotion states that my benefits are terminated immediately (March 8, 2016. I have been given four weeks at 20 hours /week, (my regular hours of work are 40 hours/week) after that I will be demoted from Store Manager to part-time Sales Associate, have my rate of pay reduced from $12.00/ hr to $11.25/hr, and be given the minimum part-time hours per week (not specified). When I returned to work, the Acting Manager was not even aware that I was returning. I was not on the schedule at all that week or for the next two weeks. The District Manager (DM) was there to present me with the letter. I worked that day 10 am to 2pm and was invited by the DM to work the same shift the next day. I returned on March 9, 2016 to find the DM interviewing people for my position. While I was still on sick leave, during the Christmas season 2015, several bank deposits went missing and more debit refunds were processed, allegedly by my daughter. Do I have any legal recourse, or rights to severance pay? Should I have quit? I have worked four short shifts so far and am unsure as to what my rights and responsibilities are in this situation. Please, if you could advise me in this matter, I would be greatly appreciate it. Thank you.