Add Comment Question: I am an Educational Assistant in Ontario and the administrator has made my life unbearable. I am singled out repeatedly on an almost daily basis. I've had to take 2 months stress leave but when I went back, things just escalated. A book was found in the school's library documenting 2 E.A's and one Teacher, me being one of them. She makes awful comments to me such as "I come from a place where E.A's can think on their own, she humiliated me in front of the secretary one day because I hadn't paid 50 dollars for a gift fund that was to be used for gifts for staff, this was approximately a couple of weeks after my nephew was tragically killed in a work related accident. She has spoken to the other teachers and now I am treated with total distain, when I walk into a classroom, teachers look at the clock so they can report any tardiness. I have a ton of incidents documented. A couple of weeks ago, I was supervising in the gym, I am blind in my left eye so did not see a basketball and it hit me hard on the side of my head, I went to the staff room to ask the teachers if someone could help me and go to the gym so I could take care of myself, not one teacher moved, they laughed and ignored me. I filed an incident report detailing this, the administrator was away that day so she asked the teachers what happened, they lied and said that I wasn't hurt and that one of them did go to the gym. This is not true and a couple of students can confirm this. Since then, work has become a place of fear and tension and extreme stress for me. Do I have a case? I can't go on this way anymore, I am seeing a councillor now because I can't cope and I do have several E.A's that said they would support me. I've called my Union President more times than I can count and nothing has ever been done. Please tell me whether or not I should proceed with a law suit. I've given only a few examples of what is happening, it doesn't even touch the surface. Answer: This is a terrible situation. Unfortunately, as a unionized employee you do not have the option to sue. It's not possible. Your only recourse is to work with your union to have the school address these problems or have the union file grievances on your behalf. There is nothing that you can do outside of the union. If the union refuses to help you, you could file a complaint against the union with the Labour Board, but I generally do not recommend that. Your Comment * Your Email * Your Name * Your City Note, your name, city and email is not displayed on the website. It is used to notify you that we have approved your comment.