Recent content by klmundt

Thank you all for your insight. I appreciate it.

I realize the company can fire me for any reason sans a violation of Title VII, and on its face, it would look like a legal termination. But if I were to find a broke lawyer willing to represent me in a wrongful termination suit, don't you think the courts would be cautious of opening a...

I have always been a model employee up until a few years ago. I have paid for a few company items out of my pocket without any complaints. Now, due to poor management, I have grown to hate my job. I'm back in school and have a short time to graduate and leave this company I loathe. My issue is...

It is just a local contract, covering two companies with about 300 union personal. Nothing national. We all agree our union BA should be doing a hell of a lot more. I've gone as far as I can with him, so I'll have to be going over his head. I'm sure that won't sit well with a few of my "union...

Believe me, the company does not "wine and dine" me. The hotel I stay at does not have a continental breakfast bar. My union BA isn't interested in helping us few that this applies to. As far as taking food with me, another company policy is that all meal receipts must be computer register...

I am a Teamster working for a distribution company, and I am required to spend one or two nights a week out of town. Our union contract states very simply, and vaguely, that the company will pay for room and board for out-of-town drivers. My company however will only reimburse us for no more...