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SO demoted from Teacher to Sub

My SO works at a charter school in southern California, I will be masking details to hide this school's identity as there is a lot going on there and the person in charge(PIC) is not above retaliation. It is an absolute shitshow to the point that there is a faction of people working together to have the admin removed by the board ASAP. The PIC is toxic, inept, a terrible communicator, and unqualified to run a school. Recently this PIC has fired a few teachers, telling them that they are “terrible at their jobs” and “to find a new profession.” Now, my SO has found themselves under the crosshair of the PIC. As the title says, SO has been informed that they will not be teaching the class that they have been teaching all school year and instead will be the in-house sub(with no loss of pay). The PIC has…

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Coworker called out boss after comments about his race. What are your thoughts?

So a few days ago a coworker was telling me how another one of our colleagues was disrespectful to our boss and called him something along the lines of being white (I don't want to be too specific). Today my coworker told me the full story. Our boss tends to make comments about our race and tries to be funny and speaks to us in our language. I don't mind it too much, but he has a tendency to do that and honestly he can be disrespectful at times. That day he was making a few comments about my coworker working together with someone because they're from the same ethnicity/race. My coworker told him he was being “white” (an insult similar to that). My boss told him to mind his language because he is still his boss and my coworker told him that if he's going to make jokes about…

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Termination letter (not for cause)

I just got terminated at work without a reason. The termination letter says (not for cause) what does that mean? Does that mean I’m just being let go?

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collective agreement implementation date

So my union recently ratified a new beginning agreement. The previous agreement ended July 1 2022. New one ratified Jan 31, 2023. Union rep and HR both seem to say the changes to previous articles in the new one take effect at ratification date. There is nothing in the agreement that says this. They “think its common law” but won't cite a law. Does anyone know either way, my Google fu is coming up blank. Decedent of generations of union labour's I seem to believe from experience that collective agreements are implemented at time of ending of the last one, unless negotiated and written in that they do not. BC Canada

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Freelancers, do you like being a freelancer? Why or why not?

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Supervisor above my direct manager told me today, “your a thinker”.

So, I was pulled into my managers office after a meeting with a the dept. supervisor. This comes from my vocalizing my dislike of a move to a different part of the company as a stop gap so they don't lose profits. Nearing the end of our discussions at which I made very pertinent arguments that held true and accepted by herself and the lower level supervisor. She referred to me as a thinker. I am asking dear redditors opinion on this. I am thinking she knows I have it figured out and won't drink the cool-aid, but she can't fire me because they are already understaffed.

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Leaving my job in two months that I just started in February , but not sure if it’s the right choice

So basically , I’ve had about 3 jobs in my life , as I’ve mostly been in undergrad and grad school, and I’m currently finishing grad school online now as a work as a data analyst . I started this job in February and took it because it was my dream title , but it is not my dream job. For one, my salary is $42,000, while the average starting salary of a data analyst is about $66K-$77K. Secondly , almost 100% of the work can be done online and was during Covid , but the ceo likes things in paper and likes us to print reports so they can keep them in paper binders in their office. They are some manual entry parts of my work as I do enter documents , but once again, as stated prior, it can be done virtually if they really needed to: I’m…

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Does anyone follow The Labor Lawyer on Twitter? This video is about if managers can take your tips.

Bosses who use this punishment are breaking the law! pic.twitter.com/LWN3P2rh0h— Attorney Ryan (@The_LaborLawyer) March 2, 2023

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“You’re not having issues hiring staff, so we will not be raising wages at this time”

I work for a large theater chain, and there are several theaters in my area for the same company. The closest is 5 mins away from me, but there are about 6 within a thirty minute drive. Our starting wage is the lowest of each of these theaters. The highest is two dollars more than our starting wage and is at a theater less than 20 minutes away from us. We even do more business than some of the theaters getting paid more than us. When I brought this to my general manager's attention, he told me not to get my hopes up but that he would talk to his boss about it. When we heard back, we were told the above, which is that because we aren't having issues with hiring new staff, we won't be increasing the starting wage. Which, to me, sounds like corporate talk for “we're…