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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Saltah'na: [QB] I recently saw an ad for the Union of Toronto's Transit system. It had specified two cases where two employees were terminated for wrongful reasons. One of them was fired since she could not come back to full time work after an accident on the job. The other had a disorder which required medication which made her unable to go to work. In both cases, the union filed appeals on behalf of these employees, and won lawsuits for both of them. Each one won about $100,000 in legal fees, wages, punitive damages, etc, and also got their jobs back. The Union ad then goes on to say that the Transit Commission has wasted about $15 million in lawsuits related to unjustifiable dismissals. Regarding the second case, the Union makes mention of an error in reporting the woman's case (they had previously stated that it was Cancer). The Union then goes on to say that when they are wrong, they admit it, while the Toronto Transit Commission is the exact opposite. So what is the point of the Union's campaign? That the TTC stop wrongful firings? I don't think so. The TTC is a large organization with a large number of employees and as any other company will do, it will try to weed out those unsuited for duty. Like any corporation, private or public, the TTC may get the innocent employee. The Union also questions why the TTC challenges these lawsuits, but doesn't take into account that a good portion of most wrongful firings are due to bias of a superior, and the superior will usually twist the circumstances. So if we were to stop challenging lawsuits from terminations, then anyone who was fired, justified or not, can simply get their job back. To make the picture a lot bigger, this hampers the ability for the TTC to terminate the true "unwanted" employees, such as those with constant absenteeism, harassment, incompetence, etc. So now, the TTC cannot get rid of these employees either, service suffers, TTC pays for the bad employees, and in turn is now an organization that can be taken advantage of. I don't know about you, but I think this is a bigger threat than the $15 million mentioned by the Union. Oh, BTW, since when did the Union start counting lawsuits? One of the reasons why 1) I hate unions, 2) why they have too much power and 3) why I would welcome any legislation that will limit a Union's influence (they should go back to the basics). What think you? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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