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Sue, Call the EEOC for your district and begin the process of filing a complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Do NOT delay because there are time limits for filing. If you need any further help please feel free to contact me off-list. Greg 47/35/35 :) ** Original Subject: PD DISCRIMINATION--LONG > ** Original Sender: sue weiler <[log in to unmask]> > ** Original Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:10:46 -0500 > ** Original Message follows... > > I CAME TO MY JOB FROM A JOB I DIDN'T LIKE. MY REASON > FOR CHOOSING THIS JOBB WAS BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER HAD > WORKED THERE IN THE SUMMERS WHILE SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. > SHE RECEIVED REGULAR RAISES AND THEY WERE VERY NICE TO HER. > I APPLIED FOR THE JOB ON FRI. JULY 30, 1998 AND WAS TOLD THAT > I HAD THE JOB IF I WANTED IT, BUT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO START ON > SUN. AUGUST 1ST. I TOOK THE JOB. > I WAS TREATED WELL AT FIRST AND GOT ONE RAISE THE FOLLOW- > ING APRIL AFTER A REVIEW WHICH SAID I WAS ON TIME, WILLING TO WORK AND > DEPENDABLE. I GOT ALONG WELL WITH MY FELLOW EMPLOYEES. > DURING THIS TIME IT BECAME OBVIOUS TO ME THAT MY HANDS > HAD BEGUN SHAKING AND I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND VERY STIFF. > IN DECEMBER OF 1998 I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. > SINCE MY CO-WORKERS KNEW THAT I HAD BEEN TO SEE THE DOCTOR, > ABOUT SIX OF THEM GATHERED AROUND ME THE NEXT MORNING TO > ASK WHAT I HAD LEARNED AND TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN. I WANTED > TO BE THE ONE TO TELL MY EMPLOYERS SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT > I WENT IN SEARCH OF ONE OF THEM. I FOUND BOSS #1 IN THE BACK ROOM > AND TOLD HER ABOUT MY DIAGNOSIS. > THIS WAS HER RESPONSE: WELL SUE, THERE WAS ANOTHER LADY > WHO WORKED HERE WHO HAD THAT AND SHE GOT SO NERVOUS THAT > SHE HAD TO QUIT. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE SHOP, I'M WORRIED > ABOUT YOU. IF YOU GET NERVOUS, YOU'LL MAKE THE GIRLS NERVOUS > AND IF THE GIRLS ARE NERVOUS, THE CUSTOMERS WILL BE NERVOUS. > YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF JOBS IN DOOR COUNTY THAT ARE > LESS STRESSFUL THAN THIS ONE. > THAT WAS THE LAST THING ANY OF THE FOUR EMPLOYERS EVER > SAID TO ME ABOUT MY ILLNESS. NONE OF THEM EVER ASKED HOW I > WAS DOING. NONE OF THEM EVER MADE ANY ACCOMMODATIONS TO > MY ILLNESS AND ITS SYMPTOMS. MY CO-WORKERS ON THE OTHER > HAND WERE WONDERFUL. THEY SHOWED INTEREST IN ME AND > CONTINUED CONCERN AND HELPED ME WHEN I NEEDED IT. > ONE OF OUR JOBS DURING THE SLOW SEASON IS TO MARK > (UNWRAP AND PUT PRICE TAGS ON) NEW MERCHANDISE. THAT > WINTER IT WAS DECIDED THAT WE WOULD BE ASSIGNED NUMBERED > SHELVES TO WORK ON. WE CAME IN EACH MORNING AND THERE > WAS A NUMBER ALONGSIDE OUR NAMES AND THAT SHELF WAS > TO BE FINISHED BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER. ONE DAY I CAME > IN AND THERE WERE TWO NUMBERS BESIDE MY NAME AND ONE > BESIDE EVERYONE ELSE'S. > I CONTINUED TO WORK FULL TIME AND IN THE SPRING WAS > ASKED TO TRANSFER TO THEIR SHOP IN ANOTHER TOWN WHERE I WAS ONE > OF TWO PEOPLE WHO RAN THE SHOP ALL SUMMER AND RIGHT UP TO > CHRISTMAS. > RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING MY FATHER WAS PUT IN THE > HOSPITAL AND DETERMINED TO NEED NURSING HOME CARE. MY > MOTHER ASKED ME TO COME TO MILWAUKEE FOR A WEEK TO HELP > HER LOOK AT NURSING HOMES AND MAKE SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS. > THIS WAS UNEXPECTED TIME OFF FOR ME BUT I OKAYED IT WITH > BOSS #2 BEFORE I LEFT. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO MOVE > BOTH MY PARENTS TO A FACILITY THAT HAS ACCOMMODATIONS > FOR BOTH OF THEIR NEEDS. THAT MOVE WOULD REQUIRE ME TO > TAKE ANOTHER TWO WEEKS OFF IN JANUARY. AS SOON AS I GOT > BACK FROM THE THANKSGIVING TRIP I OKAYED THE JANUARY > TIME OFF WITH BOSS #2. I ALSO HAD RESERVED FOUR DAYS (DEC 27-30) > BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED. I DECIDED IF I WAS GOING TO HAVE > THESE TWO LONG PERIODS OFF, I NEEDED TO WORK DEC 27 & 28 > (THE OTHER TWO DAYS WERE MY REGULAR DAYS OFF). SO I ASKED > BOSS #2 IF I COULD WORK THOSE TWO DAYS AND HE SAID NO,WE HAVE > PLENTY OF PEOPLE TO COVER DURING THAT TIME. GO AHEAD AND > TAKE THE TIME OFF. > MY DAUGHTER DECIDED TO COME HOME FOR A FEW DAYS AT > CHRISTMAS, SO THOUGH I WORKED CHRISTMAS EVE AND THE DAY > AFTER CHRISTMAS I WAS GLAD TO BE AVAILABLE TO DRIVE HER TO THE > BUS IN GREEN BAY ON THE 27TH. ON CHRISTMAS EVE I TALKED TO BOSS #2 > ON THE PHONE TO VERIFY THAT HE DIDN'T EXPECT ME TO WORK > ON THE 27TH AND 28TH. HE AGAIN SAID NO, WE HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE > TO COVER DURING THAT TIME. GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE TIME OFF. > I TOOK THE TWO DAYS OFF AND MY REGULAR DAYS OFF AND > RETURNED TO WORK ON THAT FRIDAY. I WAS MET AT THE DOOR BY > BOSS #2 & #3. BOSS #2 ASKED ME WHY I WASN'T AT WORK > THOSE TWO DAYS AND I REMINDED HIM THAT I HAD WANTED TO WORK > THOSE DAYS BUT HE HAD SAID NOT TO. HIS ANSWER WAS OH, I MEANT > WE DIDN'T NEED YOU AT THE SISTER BAY STORE. HOWEVER AT THAT > TIME I WAS ONLY WORKING IN FISH CREEK. BOSS #3 PROCEEDED TO > LECTURE ME ABOUT NOT BEING DEPENDABLE AND RESPONSIBLE. > THIS WAS THE SAME DAY THAT I RECEIVED THE JANUARY SCHEDULE. > OF COURSE I WAS TAKING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OFF TO HELP MY > PARENTS MOVE, BUT IN THE LAST SIXTEEN DAYS OF THE MONTH I HAD > BEEN CROSSED OFF SIX DAYS OF MY SCHEDULED TIME. I ASKED WHY > AND BOSS #2 SAID I CAN'T JUSTIFY IT. > OUT OF 29 DAYS IN FEBRUARY I WAS ONLY SCHEDULED FOR > 14 DAYS. I THEN RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT I WAS NO LONGER > A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AND THAT THE COMPANY WOULD NO LONGER > COVER ANY OF MY INSURANCE. I WENT TO BOSS #2 AND ASKED IF THIS > WAS GOING TO BE PERMANENT AND HE SAID I DON'T KNOW-I GUESS. > I THEN ASKED WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME. HE SAID WE'RE NOT > SINGLING YOU OUT. IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE DOING A TERRIBLE > JOB. IT'S JUST THAT THE OTHER GIRLS DO IT BETTER. > I QUIT MY JOB ON FEB. 21ST BECAUSE I WAS PAYING THEM $65 > MORE PER MONTH FOR MY INSURANCE THAN THEY WERE PAYING > ME FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS A WEEK WORKING. > I AM THINKING OF SUING FOR DISCRIMINATION. WHAT DO YOU > ALL THINK. MIGHT I HAVE A CASE? ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW > TO PROCEED. > THANKS AHEAD OF TIME AND APOLOGIES FOR THE CAPS. SUE >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** >