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North Carolina
Hi, I work at a manufacturing plant in the plastics industry. We have in exess of 30 employees, and the owners have other facilities, in different branches of the same corp.
I have been at this facility for 2 years as of May 7. I worked for this company as a temporary for three months prior to this. I am one of a few operators of a large machine called a Thermo former, or a "Continious in-line thermo former". These machines, due to the complexity, and sheer size, have been a MINIMUM two-person position, per machine for the past 13 years (we have 3). Now these machines utilize a moving indexing chain drive system to index sheet plastic stock, into a high-heat oven configuration, then into a mold, that clamps at a force of 40 tons, to mold parts for our products.
The owner has given his daughter the position of Plant Manager, and she has no knowlede of these machines, and is forcing us to operate them by-ourselves (No helper) surring the day, and at night, with absolutely no supervision. We have been to her several times concerning safety issues, and have had no luck convincing them of these dangers.
Last night I was injured, and had to be taken to the E.R. Luckily my friend, and co-worker was there near-by, and could help me. When I called her today to check-in and to make-sure she had seen the report I left, she is talking about firing me! Saying she has to think about what she's going to do, and wants me to come up there tomorrow, to let me know. She was very beligerent, and it seems all-the-sudden, my job performance isn't acceptable. I have production reports, that show for the last several months, my performance was as good as, or better than the other operators on the same machines. I had a hard time twice in the last two weeks, where the plastic wouldn't run properly, and even called her in, to see the mess. The rest of the past, over 2 years has been totally satisfactory.
Do I have a case against them, if she forces me to resign, or downright fires me?
Please help!
North Carolina
Hi, I work at a manufacturing plant in the plastics industry. We have in exess of 30 employees, and the owners have other facilities, in different branches of the same corp.
I have been at this facility for 2 years as of May 7. I worked for this company as a temporary for three months prior to this. I am one of a few operators of a large machine called a Thermo former, or a "Continious in-line thermo former". These machines, due to the complexity, and sheer size, have been a MINIMUM two-person position, per machine for the past 13 years (we have 3). Now these machines utilize a moving indexing chain drive system to index sheet plastic stock, into a high-heat oven configuration, then into a mold, that clamps at a force of 40 tons, to mold parts for our products.
The owner has given his daughter the position of Plant Manager, and she has no knowlede of these machines, and is forcing us to operate them by-ourselves (No helper) surring the day, and at night, with absolutely no supervision. We have been to her several times concerning safety issues, and have had no luck convincing them of these dangers.
Last night I was injured, and had to be taken to the E.R. Luckily my friend, and co-worker was there near-by, and could help me. When I called her today to check-in and to make-sure she had seen the report I left, she is talking about firing me! Saying she has to think about what she's going to do, and wants me to come up there tomorrow, to let me know. She was very beligerent, and it seems all-the-sudden, my job performance isn't acceptable. I have production reports, that show for the last several months, my performance was as good as, or better than the other operators on the same machines. I had a hard time twice in the last two weeks, where the plastic wouldn't run properly, and even called her in, to see the mess. The rest of the past, over 2 years has been totally satisfactory.
Do I have a case against them, if she forces me to resign, or downright fires me?
Please help!