Fired on suspcious grounds.
This nov I was terminated from sams club on a charge I believe is bogus. Just this year in aug I had been asked to work full time as a door greeter since I and if I wouldn't mind going full time. I said sure why not I was working close to full time hrs anyway so i agreeded. From there things started to get a little funny. I was working had no problems until Nov 1, one of the cos's come up to me after I had my first break and asked me who I had worked with the previous sat I couldn't really remember. I went to lunch and was raking my brain about it then I realizeded we had been shorthanded that day so one of the cart associates worked on the entrance door and me on the exit door. I told them and asked them does this involve me in anyway they were very closemouthed about and didn't say anything to me until fri, I came had my lunch and was about to go on my last break before I left for the day. Cos dave and manager tina took me to the office and said they had lost $400 because a cashier had mistakingly rang up $50.00 ground flooring that had 40 had been bought of as $14.00 flleece sheets. I was shocked. Then thats' when thy really socked it to me I had been on the exit door and hadn't caught it so they put it in the computer but because I had been coached in nov about meals and breaks they had to make it a D-day. So i was given that sat off with pay, they told me I had to watch myself or I wouldn't be fired. So that sun when I came in I made sure that I was on my q's and p's for the rest of the day I even said I would be the person to stay late. Well time was ticking by and it hit 7 I said to myself when is cos tom going to pull me off the door it;s getting past my time to leave. At 7.05 he took me off the door. That tues I was called in again and I had a talk with manager ken he told me I stayed to long and didn't make myself a meal exception this was a fireable offense but the talked to our new club manager matt about. Matt overturned that d-day and made the time switch over so i was still on d-day, but for being a meal exception. I worked fri 5-9 until about 9:15 which wasn't late I worked times like that before with no problem. Next thing I know I come in sun and only after working maybe 20 min i was called in again they told me i was fired for going past my time and I hadn't tooken a lunch I was flabbergasted because I had specIfcallly ASKED A COS, cos dave do I need to take a lunch he told me I only needed a break. They then procedded to say tomikka your a good worker you can comne back in april. Well I was saddend but at the same time relived becauce I was going to leave in march 08. After that I filed for unemployment on nov 6, three days after i had been fired and they will not give me unemplyment it's almost the end of nov and the only check thye gave was my last paycheck., I find this astounding since I had been told by nummerous cos and managers and even members of what a fantastic worker i was., because I never had anykind of problem with sams until I went full time I had been given a high five, caught thieves from trying to steal a computer and this is what I get I just want to know Do I have a viable claim to take this up with the labor union.
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