Recent content by ctwith3

I undertand the point you are addressing, but you should know that there is another teacher who was cut-back and has my same teaching certification- she could make out by ending up with a f/t position and benefits! Moreover, teachers get pregnant, teachers have to go out on leave because they...

I am covered by the ADA for several disabilities, and my employer is aware of that fact. and knows it to be true. Over the summer my doctors informed me that they consider me Permanently and Totally Disabled, I need to file for SSDI, and they will state my case they best they can using data from...

Hi, You sound like you are getting frustrated, and if I have frustrated you I apologize. I have been on meds for 3 years, I just found out I am probably going blind, and work stressed me out to the point that the amount of meds I now need screws up my short-term memory and ability to...

Okay, thank you. The reason I ask is because one time a colleague contacted the Dept. of Labor and they were told they had to go to the union. I would still like to know what my current status is considered, unemployed, employed? I find it strange that my position was abolished but they...

Please, educate me: What form of discrimination is legal? Because, "Discrimination refers to the treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on...

My weak union contract states that a teacher can be excessed if s/he is not needed, but they must recall the person with the most seniority if there is an opening. However, nothing is mentioned about abolishing and re-creating positions because this is a new administration, and a practice we...

I apologize, it was late when I posed this question to the forum. !. I am a teacher 2. My F/T position was abolished starting June 30th, 6 days after school ended. 3. The P/T position is being created at 60% of F/T September 1st, and I am being recalled because I was the only person in my...

If my job is abolished, and I was notified that in 2 months I would be rehired, but not at F/T, what is my status? Unemployed? I am getting health insurance from them, but for $1200 per month more.

I am a teacher, and I am considered disabled under the ADA based on medical documentation. I disclosed my disability to my Principal, and the school district, and followed my statement with letters from my doctor documenting my disability. I filed charges with the EEOC against my school...

I've been a teacher for 16 years, and am finishing my 10th year in my school district. Due to cutbacks, my F/T position is going to be only a 60% position in the 2011-12 school year. Instead of simply cutting back my position, I, and another F/T colleague who was also cutback, received a letter...

My annual review will happen soon. At the beginning of the year I was told I don't socialize enough, and do not communicate well with administrators. I have an EEOC case against my employer for failure to provide accommodations, for lack of being expedient in handling response to my...

Well, I already have a case against my employer with the EEOC for violation of my ADA rights because my disabilities are covered, but the lazy sob said it wasn't a violation. I asked him how it could not be a violation, and he never replied. I have heard stories, yes I'll call them stories for...

I have several disabilities which my employer is aware about. He gave me a letter to sign that went into my personnel file with states improvements that I must make. The improvements include new programs he wants instituted and I am working on, and the other is to improve my attitude, because...

Is it just me, or do other people find this both sad and scary as well? The union leadership cares about their own stake, supposedly we can only fund 1 greivance per year. The union Pres. & our Principal play golf togther, as well as sharing a room and doing everyting together at...

We are one of the smallesy public school districts in the stat. My buildin house under 480 students in grades 7-12. My union ststed that tany grievances must be of the utmost emergency due to limited funds for grievanxes. W aare allowed yo add a debiial to a formal/written reprimand, but it is...