WasScrewed
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I have worked for a major company for 15 years. Written up twice in all that time for attendance. Our Union contract was up and when it came time to voting on the new contract, a really bad one was voted in. Gave the Company a lot more reasons to fire employees and bring in temporary workers. Over the last 5 months they have fired 3 people who worked there for more than 30 years, 2 people who have worked there for 20-30 years, 2 people who worked 15-20 years (myself included) and 4 people who worked for less than 10 years. All of these people have since been replaced with temporary employees. As for my case, I was fired for theft. Here is why....We have a cafe at the jobsite. They lease the area from my company. I take my own breakfast and own lunch to work. I toast my bread in the cafe and butter it, and at lunch time, I take small condiment container and put a touch of mayo and mustard in it for my sandwich. I have done this for years. I do not pay for those items. Well, with this new contract in effect, it gave them the opportunity to fire me for it. Now if they would have just said I need to pay 5 cents for the butter and 10 cents for the mayo and mustard, I would have.....but they didn't. They fired me for theft. I made $17.40 an hour, and because of my seniroity, I had all the overtime I wanted. I had already worked 193 hours overtime by October. My point is, I would not have purposfully taken the condiments if I thought for a moment it would cost me my job. Because I admited to them that I do indeed butter my bread, the union could not help me. In the eyes of the Company, I admited my theft. Now I am worried about finding another job. How do I get another job with theft on my record. Even if it was for such a rediculous amount?
