Fired from 54-A District Court
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Local 580 fighting for members jobs in arbitration.
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Three 580 Members Fired from 54-A District Court . Local 580 fighting for members jobs in arbitration. . |
54-A District Court; AKA Eboneezer Scrooge:
On August 25, 2010 three (3) Members were suspended without just cause at 54-A
District Court. These members were later fired by the Employer without just
cause. The employer is attempting to justify their actions based on the premise
that work rules were violated, although none of the alleged work rule violations
have been proven to have occurred. The Members have filed Grievances and we have
processed them to the arbitration stage.
On November 23, 2010 the 54-A District Court failed to properly defend the
merits of its unjust actions in front of a neutral arbitrator, a whole day of
stalling and refusing to attempt to prove their allegations. President/ Business
Agent Lynne Meade, Secretary Treasurer Mike Parker, Attorney Wayne Rudell, and
the three members represented Local 580. The employer attorney refused to submit
a brief at the hearing and deferred that to a later date of December 29, 2010,
further delaying a procedural issue by 30 days. It is easy to picture him; four
short days earlier crouched over the coal burning furnace under a kerosene lamp
writing the Court’s brief to shaft people from their job as the midnight bell
chimed Christmas.
On December 21st, 2010, the Judges and Administrators from the 54-A District
Court further injured these workers and tried to steal their Christmas by
postponing a separate hearing. This stall tactic was used again to delay and
dodge proving their case to an Administrative Law Judge. The Court had the
audacity to wait until the very last minute to postpone the hearing. The Union
was ready for the hearing with its attorney and representatives when the call
from 54-A District Court came in requesting the postponement. They claimed they
were not ready to hear the case even four (4) months after the suspension took
place. The Judge hearing the case at first refused to postpone but was overruled
after the court appealed to the next level.
More hearings are scheduled. Teamsters Local 580 will see to it that our members
are legally and professionally represented. There is not just cause for these
members to be fired and we believe the 54-A District Court knows this. Otherwise
why would they continue to delay?