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CYNTHIA BRACAMO
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The state I live in is califonia. I would like advice on the following situation.
my father was unjustifiably fired from his labor job.
My father is a construction laborer with a union. He had been working with a company for 9 months. They work in teams and his team had been doing the best of all the ones that they had. They transferred them to the most urgent jobs because they did the work quickly. 3 days ago the supervisor (who is white) asked my dad to come an help him direct people away from the whole they were working on because he was having trouble doing this. The supervisor then took my dad's position on the bottom doing more of the labor and my dad continued to direct the traffic above. That evening the team was given shirts and told that the next day they would have a barbecue for the great job they were doing and not to bring lunch. The next day the supervisor again asked my dad to resume on top directing traffic because he did it better than the supervisor did. Later that morning before lunch, my dad was presented with his paycheck and told that they no longer needed his services. The supervisor instructed him that the superintendent had asked him to fire my dad and to drive him to his car. When my dad asked why the supervisor said he did not know that the superintendent had just said he no longer wanted him there. The supervisor had my dad sign a paper of termination. As the supervisor drove my dad to the car, he noticed they mark the area that stated he was not eligible to work at this company anymore or to collect unemployment. My dad told the supervisor he had to talk to the superintendent since 1) he still did not know why he was being fired and 2) they were making him ineligible for unemployment. The superintendent came and said that he could not do anything since he had already marked it and still would not tell my dad why he was being discharged. My dad told him that he would then be contacting the union because he did not agree with them not letting him collect unemployment if this was a lay off. The man said that he would change it to give him a day and see what he could do. My dad contacted the union today and told him the situation. They called the superintendent and asked for a copy of the paper of my dad’s termination. They faxed a different form not the one that my dad signed and it still made him ineligible for unemployment. My dad contacted the Super and requested the form he signed and the unemployment be reinstated. The super said he had destroyed the paper my dad sign and that since my dad had received council from the union he would not let him have unemployment.
My dad said that they first did not tell him that why he was being fired, then told that they were laying him off but could not collect unemployment. My dad did a good job for the company and the only change was the position given to him on top directing traffic, which is a position usually held by the supervisor (white males). They never told him the reason for his discharge and then the super stated that he was being laid off but since he contacted the union, he would be fired without unemployment.
What do you think we could do? Whom should I contact?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Cynthia Bracamontes
[email protected]
my father was unjustifiably fired from his labor job.
My father is a construction laborer with a union. He had been working with a company for 9 months. They work in teams and his team had been doing the best of all the ones that they had. They transferred them to the most urgent jobs because they did the work quickly. 3 days ago the supervisor (who is white) asked my dad to come an help him direct people away from the whole they were working on because he was having trouble doing this. The supervisor then took my dad's position on the bottom doing more of the labor and my dad continued to direct the traffic above. That evening the team was given shirts and told that the next day they would have a barbecue for the great job they were doing and not to bring lunch. The next day the supervisor again asked my dad to resume on top directing traffic because he did it better than the supervisor did. Later that morning before lunch, my dad was presented with his paycheck and told that they no longer needed his services. The supervisor instructed him that the superintendent had asked him to fire my dad and to drive him to his car. When my dad asked why the supervisor said he did not know that the superintendent had just said he no longer wanted him there. The supervisor had my dad sign a paper of termination. As the supervisor drove my dad to the car, he noticed they mark the area that stated he was not eligible to work at this company anymore or to collect unemployment. My dad told the supervisor he had to talk to the superintendent since 1) he still did not know why he was being fired and 2) they were making him ineligible for unemployment. The superintendent came and said that he could not do anything since he had already marked it and still would not tell my dad why he was being discharged. My dad told him that he would then be contacting the union because he did not agree with them not letting him collect unemployment if this was a lay off. The man said that he would change it to give him a day and see what he could do. My dad contacted the union today and told him the situation. They called the superintendent and asked for a copy of the paper of my dad’s termination. They faxed a different form not the one that my dad signed and it still made him ineligible for unemployment. My dad contacted the Super and requested the form he signed and the unemployment be reinstated. The super said he had destroyed the paper my dad sign and that since my dad had received council from the union he would not let him have unemployment.
My dad said that they first did not tell him that why he was being fired, then told that they were laying him off but could not collect unemployment. My dad did a good job for the company and the only change was the position given to him on top directing traffic, which is a position usually held by the supervisor (white males). They never told him the reason for his discharge and then the super stated that he was being laid off but since he contacted the union, he would be fired without unemployment.
What do you think we could do? Whom should I contact?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Cynthia Bracamontes
[email protected]