Could involve quitting a job with flair, walking out of an interview, or working around a dumbass boss/coworker during a Zoom meeting.
If anything just make it a "general work stories" thread
Could involve quitting a job with flair, walking out of an interview, or working around a dumbass boss/coworker during a Zoom meeting.
If anything just make it a "general work stories" thread
When I worked at the post office I had a boss who was straight up abusive. We had had the same position for years and he was always a dick but once he got promoted he used his power to make us miserable. I eventually had a mental break down so bad I'm now on disability.
Anyway after the break down I started to fight back. First went to the union and registered a bunch of complained against him but he used to be the union rep so he was buddies with the higher level union guys so nothing really happened. So I filled a complaint with corporate HR they started an investigation. I was also already considered partially disabled when I was hired so I registered another complaint with the ADA. By the end of it he had multiple investigations against him, they found enough stuff they offered me a settlement. He wasn't fired but his goal in life had been to make post master like his dad, I crushed that dream because he will never be promoted again. Talking to my old co-workers he basically keeps his mouth shut now and only does paper work because another complaint against him will certainly get him fired and maybe effect his 401k.
That type of backroom, "good old boy" union corruption that prevents actual worker protection is poisonous for the survival of unions.
Yeah that part sucked but for the most part the union was great. Upper management tried to force all sorts of bullshit on us, they fucking wanted driver facing cameras in our trucks, and the union slapped shit like that down constantly. They also managed to negotiate a $2 and hour pay raise and made it so that for the part time guys they got paid for a minimum of four hours worth of work even if all they did was clock in and get told to leave.
Remember this term if you ever run into a piecard (hadn't heard that term before so thank you for that): Failure to represent. I guarantee using that term will freak out state or national affiliates staff and they'll take your concerns a lot more seriously
Piecards are a blight.
edit for anyone unfamiliar with that term:
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This is why the Janus vs. AFSCME Supreme Court decision Is in some ways actually kind of a good thing for labor. If the union gets your due money even if they do fuckall, theres a good chance they'll do fuckall.
That said, I hope Mark Janus dies choking on shit.