Rampant Lion

The Rampant Lion

16 Hours Ago

The District tells us to stay home when we're sick, but proposes (in their next contract) to terminate us after two such incidents within a single calendar year. The District tells us to manage our time lost with FMLA/OMLA, but contracts that management out to a third party (The Reed Group) whose sole purpose, it seems, is to disqualify us from any protection from the law.

Personally, I acknowledge a professional ethic not to drive a city bus when I'm distracted with illness or injury. Consequently, I have also knowingly sacrificed my eligibility for any performance related award for Operator of the Month, Quarter, Year, or Master Operator because I don't come to work when I'm sick. It's a damn good thing I'm a union member and earn Paid Sick Leave, or I would have been fired for my professional ethics a long time ago.