Instead of resolving it at that point, management instituted a campaign to fire me. I contacted the Dept. I continued to contact them repeatedly for months as more things became known to me. All the facts and evidence on my behalf were ignored and I was suspended without pay. The union and I are still fighting and have reached the last round prior to arbitration.
Management continues their policy of withholding witnesses, evidence etc.
Although they are required by the union contract to answer the evidence we presented- this provision of the union contract is also blatantly disregarded. They dispatched an officer who received evidence from me. There is reason to believe that the officer turned over the evidence to the PTO in December after receiving it from me. I have been fighting this battle for over a year trying to clear my name and trying to salvage my reputation to some extent, get management to follow the law and union contract, find out official policy and procedures, enforce my rights etc. And still it goes on and looks no closer to resolution than a year ago.