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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/undercover_union145 on 2024-07-23 02:32:58+00:00.
I used to work as a supervisor in my last job and was directly working with a union. Some of my managers really didn’t want to deal with things when it came to workplace injuries so I had to deal with most of them. If you have worked with a union before this is a very long and time consuming process, while important, very tedious.
So that brings us to that one evening, I was on my 2nd double in a row of 3 and very much ready to go home. As I wrapped up my area my evening manager texted me to assist another supervisor with an Injury. The supervisor was newer and needed to be taught, I informed them I was already there on a double and needed to come back on the morning and was there anyone else or could they help them? This manager who was notorious for passing their work on others, he texted me no and I “had to stay until it was done”. Ok I have written documentation of a directive? Who am I to say no.
Alright well then since I’m teaching I’m going by the book. I opened up the union and company policy on workplace incidents and followed it set by step. By the time we got to the drug test portion the local clinic we use was closed and we needed to call it in. This is important because if you don’t use the local clinic the out of area one takes 4+ hours to come out.
While that was processing I did a lengthy investigation with the union. I spent the entire night going by the book, taking pictures, and documenting everything I could. By the time I finished and the drug test finished it was 7am and my shift started in 30 minutes.
This is the time the morning manager came in, they are one of my favorites and why I pick up mornings all the time. When she saw me said “oh you’re in early!”, I said “I never left”. Her face dropped because they have a rule that while management (including supervisor) can work more than 16 hours if they work more than 20hrs they need a 24hr reset. (I wasn’t in the union but still “hourly salaried” and got OT over 8 hours in a day).
So not only was I going to not be able to make my morning shift I couldn’t make my evening shift either. I was still gonna be paid for both while being sent home. She asked me who told me to do this and I showed her the message from the evening manager telling me to “stay until it is finished”
I went home and enjoyed my extra day off into weekend. When I came back I had an interview about the incident with the senior manager. After showing my messages, which the manager tried to delete but only did on his side, I was dismissed without any issues. The manager was written up by the senior manager, and they had to pay me my two regular shifts plus 24hours of overtime.
Needless to say I stopped picking up after that no matter how much they begged.
Edit: Massage to Message 😂, and this is a throwaway
Edit 2: I may be good with union rules but apparently bad at spelling and grammar thank you all for the help.