B.O.B. -
I would suggest that others not rely on your "legal advice" concerning an employers ability to fire an employee for abuse of sick leave with or without a doctors note. Labor law is infinitely more complicated than your obviously uninformed advice would suggest.
Hunter
p.s. How is something any more or any less "illegal?"
B.O.B, I was known at TWA for never having lost a termination grievance during my years as a Union rep. I have to tell you that I would have "passed" on working your very possible termination because anyone that is not smart enough to know that you don't post your "business" on a public forum doesn't deserve to keep their job. (Especially when there are over 4000 of your fellow coworkers who would have loved the opportunity to work on Christmas.) I don't think even a Drs. note will help you UNLESS you have blocked ears or sinuses and can prove that they were blocked when you called off. Intent is a funny "animal".
Your mini strike was in '93. You were not out long enough to trade recipes much less be "tested". I wonder how many of the sanctimonious would have still been there after 6 weeks, 6 months, a year or more? Grow up, give it a rest. It is the past and life goes on. We live in a country that prides itself on the right of "choice". You can only be responsible for what you decide in a strike situation, not what someone else does. We all have to live with those choices. It is the person in the mirror that is the most important "judge". (ps, I was "out" from 3-86 to 5-88, so I have "earned" the right to address this very emotional issue)
Your attitude about sk reminds me of one of my children.. Our school "allows" 8 days a semester before credits are lost. One of my foster sons thought those 8 days were a gift and he would be remiss if he didn't use every one. Senior year, last 2 weeks of school, flu hit, long story, short, he came VERY close to being on the 5 year plan. Sk is for legitimate illnesses, anything else is abuse of sick leave and it is a terminating offense. In this less than labor friendly time, I think abuse of sk is a very stupid way to end a career. IMHO This isn't "pro company", just smart. I don't agree with AAs attendance policy but your issue isn't about that, it is about being a responsible adult in a grown up business. Single mom, flew for 33 years before being furloughed. Christmas always managed to come no matter when I was scheduled to fly. But then I taught my family early on that Christmas wasn't about "the day". (nor is any other holiday)
You might want to think about exploring another career. Teaching has most holidays,(and summer) off. I'm with an agency that closes from 2 days before Christmas until after the New Year, with pay. You'll kill 2 birds with one stone..You'll have holidays off and your fellow f/as won't have to miss their holidays to cover your lack of work ethic. AND as an additional bonus, there will one more "place" that AA might need to fill with a person who really wants to be there, holiday or not..
Happy New Year.
