i was dismissed for drinking [not on the job] and i was not able to get the reason they used for the gov...gov says i cannot see. After an arbitration and an offer of 3500 to go away, that was it. i then drank quite heavily, and ended up having 2 strokes and a heart attack. I was a firefighter for over 13yrs then transferred to inspection for over 6 years, being promoted by performance reviews and my work, which was well over the 70% bar. Now that i have recovered from the strokes, is there anything that i can do?

Hi there, in order to provide a more complete answer to your question we would need more information about a) the nature of your work, b) the event that lead to your termination and c) the arbitration that you reference in your question.

Also - if you are a part of a union, there are only limited circumstances where an outside lawyer can assist you. Specifically, an outside lawyer could only assist if you wanted to bring a complaint against your union on account of their failure to provide you with fair representation.

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