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I was the number one girl for management, staff, family members and my residents since 22001, union rep, union chief, heath and safety, labor management, behavioral specialist and many more responcibilities that I gladly took on over the years at this long term facility, most important a fair mediator for management staff and residents rights. I lived by the human rights code of ethics and our union contract. in 2007 our home employed a new administrator, our home was never the same, this administrator used me as her number one staff member until I continuously refused to sweep abuse cases, bullying, harrasment and ongoing drug use and theft of narcotics in our staffing departments. I quit the union to be able to expose the bad staff and help the weak staff, I was warned many times by this administrator to mind my own business she would deal with complaints, nothing was ever followed up on or reported as this would decrease our funding, finally an abuse case went to far and I wrote it up as now it would have to be reported to police and the ministry. 10 minutes later I was pulled into the boardroom on false accusations and suspended pending investigation, no rep ever to this day has filed a grievance , I was refused unemployment as she stated I was fired, any staff that kept in contact with me were given a choice of their job or staying in contact with me. any of my regular staff team mates were bullied out of the building. I have lost everything including my home . prior to her arrival our facility was a happy, harmonious place to work. Now that building is controlled by bully union reps and corrupt management. I need my life back do I have a case? because I have a story and much much evidence.
Unfortunately, you are stuck with the union being the only one that is allowed to help you. That is the problem with being in a unionized workplace: there is no other recourse.