[Courses] [Spineful Living, Lesson 4: Saying No!]

[Conor Daly]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 10:43:38AM -0700 or thereabouts, Carla Schroder wrote:
> On Thursday 26 April 2007 07:20, Doc Nielsen wrote:
> >
> > ...He objected, but he
> > had no valid argument for not letting me take 3 full weeks, so i did.
> >
> > So i went on my vacation, and when the 30th of october came round, i
> > noticed my pay didnt land in my bankaccount.
> > Turns out i had been fired, via email, because i refused to work..
> > or as he claims: i agreed to work on the two days, and then just didn't
> > show.
> 
> Grrr.
> 
> >
> > Needless to say, my union is now filing a suit against him...
> 
> Yay! 
> 
> Interestingly, a lot of US technical professionals are anti-union because as 
> far as I can tell, they're trapped in this weird "rugged individualist" 
> philosophy, like they're geek John Waynes or something. When the reality is 
> the employer has all the resources and power. (I know, some unions are 
> corrupt and evil, but that's a different issue.)

It's important to note that (depending on jurisdiction) you don't
necessarily need a union to file an unfair dismissal suit.  If your country
has unfair dismissal legislation, you can take the suit yourself.

Conor
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Conor Daly,                   
Met Eireann, Glasnevin Hill,  
Dublin 9, Ireland             
Ph +3531 8064276 Fax +3531 8064247

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