August 11th, 2015
Sandi walks up to you, the steward,
just as the hallways start filling with noisy high schoolers heading for the
bus. She is ready to blow her top, and over the din she tells you her
supervisor is demanding that she continue driving special education students in
her own car—long a part of her job as a teaching assistant—despite a recent
warning from her insurance agent that she’s not covered for it.
“He told me if I refuse to drive,
I’m fired,” she says. “I’ve been in this job seven years, never any problem.
Can he do that?”
You’ve been a steward long enough to
know the routine. You ask Sandi: “Why don’t you write up the facts of what
happened? Include what your supervisor said, what led up to the conversation,
whether there were witnesses. Include what your insurance agent said, your job
description, how long you’ve been driving.
Sandi
walks up to you, the steward, just as the hallways start filling with
noisy high schoolers heading for the bus. She is ready to blow her top,
and over the din she tells you her supervisor is demanding that she
continue driving special education students in her own car—long a part
of her job as a teaching assistant—despite a recent warning from her
insurance agent that she’s not covered for it.
“He told me if I refuse to drive, I’m fired,” she says. “I’ve been in this job seven years, never any problem. Can he do that?”
You’ve been a steward long enough to know the routine. You ask Sandi: “Why don’t you write up the facts of what happened? Include what your supervisor said, what led up to the conversation, whether there were witnesses. Include what your insurance agent said, your job description, how long you’ve been driving.
- See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/2015/08/turning-issue-campaign#sthash.WN3gbYH8.dpuf
“He told me if I refuse to drive, I’m fired,” she says. “I’ve been in this job seven years, never any problem. Can he do that?”
You’ve been a steward long enough to know the routine. You ask Sandi: “Why don’t you write up the facts of what happened? Include what your supervisor said, what led up to the conversation, whether there were witnesses. Include what your insurance agent said, your job description, how long you’ve been driving.
- See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/2015/08/turning-issue-campaign#sthash.WN3gbYH8.dpuf
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