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Hi I worked at canada post as a contractor for 5 years then hired and worked for a year . Was dismissed for theft of mail for a 50 dollar Canadian tire card in Feb 2015. The card in question was something I believed I got as a Christmas tip from one of my customers. Was arrested and charged went to court many times set a trial date .then come to trial March first 2016 they dropped the charges and cleaned my record . My lawyer to me to call my union they said they won't help . And have done nothing for me . Do I have a chance for a wrongful dismissal case

Can a unionized company terminate you after 15 years service without showing any suffient evidence?

I got fired and was told with no notice my position was ending but when I received the paper work it stated performance was an issue

how do we know if we have a wrongful dismissal case

I was just terminated. They said they will be paying me a 2 weeks severe nice as I haven't been there quite a year yet. The reason they gave is my manager has lost confidence and trust in me because I recorded exactly what happened when our team leader ran our staff meeting when manager wasn't present, and team leader was very inappropriate towards some staff during meeting. Teal lewd was upset that the meeting minutes reflected her behaviour am convinced the manager that I was in the wrong. Also because many staff have Come to me with complaints about team lead and manager, they don't like that I take staff concerns seriously. In addition,I was hired permanent part time, then in September they asked me to go temp full time till March 31st and they would let me know if I could stay full time and finally get benefits. Do I have a case for wrongful dismissal?