Part 2
Never believe what you are told by someone in a company that has a reputation for deciet. Unless you can get it in writing of course. That was the mistake I made. We were all told that when we took our positions on the late shift that we would be then considered for the day shift when there was an opening. In the past it worked exactly this way, none of us had any reason to doubt what we were being told.
When they hired these two guys recently and put them on days before the rest of us, we all got pissed. What pissed me off even more, was the fact they tried to hide it. They were labeled temporary help. One of my few work friends, Bill, WOrked with these guys over at Miller. We were talking one day and he was telling me that they both ran routes at MIller that were getting them 80-100k per year. My wheels started turning. Why the hell would they come over here and take a job for 100 bucks a day if they were making 100k per year. Things at Miller couldn't be that bad or the union would be all over them and It would be all over the news. I asked my supervisor about it, his dad is a manager at work. They found out the truth.
After all the mainpulation, and the union telling me there was nothing they could do because the hiring practice wasn't in writing, I started thinking about it more. I got in touch with a lawyer from the National Labor Relations Board. They gave me some sound advice and I followed it.
Bill's wife is a notary. You see what I did was, I made up a petition and got the majority of the coworkers to sign it and had her notarize it. I had another lawyer word it for me because I am hardly that articulate. Essentially it says, the hiring practice at work is that you go to nights, then when there is a position open on days you are give that position in the order you were hired. Having the position signed by everyone and witnessed by a notary, both the union and the company have to honor it.
I wish all my coworkers could have seen the manager's and the union business rep's face when I handed each of them a copy.
Never believe what you are told by someone in a company that has a reputation for deciet. Unless you can get it in writing of course. That was the mistake I made. We were all told that when we took our positions on the late shift that we would be then considered for the day shift when there was an opening. In the past it worked exactly this way, none of us had any reason to doubt what we were being told.
When they hired these two guys recently and put them on days before the rest of us, we all got pissed. What pissed me off even more, was the fact they tried to hide it. They were labeled temporary help. One of my few work friends, Bill, WOrked with these guys over at Miller. We were talking one day and he was telling me that they both ran routes at MIller that were getting them 80-100k per year. My wheels started turning. Why the hell would they come over here and take a job for 100 bucks a day if they were making 100k per year. Things at Miller couldn't be that bad or the union would be all over them and It would be all over the news. I asked my supervisor about it, his dad is a manager at work. They found out the truth.
After all the mainpulation, and the union telling me there was nothing they could do because the hiring practice wasn't in writing, I started thinking about it more. I got in touch with a lawyer from the National Labor Relations Board. They gave me some sound advice and I followed it.
Bill's wife is a notary. You see what I did was, I made up a petition and got the majority of the coworkers to sign it and had her notarize it. I had another lawyer word it for me because I am hardly that articulate. Essentially it says, the hiring practice at work is that you go to nights, then when there is a position open on days you are give that position in the order you were hired. Having the position signed by everyone and witnessed by a notary, both the union and the company have to honor it.
I wish all my coworkers could have seen the manager's and the union business rep's face when I handed each of them a copy.
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Edited cause I used the wrong your.
[Edited on May 28, 2006 3:21PM]