Posted: 1/30/2005 6:12:02 PM EDT
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I'm a union rep at my station (US Border Patrol) in south east Arizona. One of our new agents was out on patrol in a pretty rural area. The road he was on was washed out underneath the packed gravel and he rolled his full size truck. We helped him do his memos and the accident report, Az DPS came out and cleared the accident as no fault of his. In his memos and in all the reports he stated that he was wearing his safety belt per service policy ect.... Now the service is telling him they are not gonna pay for his ON DUTY INJURY. They are telling him he is covered by workmans comp. The only spinal doctor in the area will not take workmans comp so he is stuck with the bills. Our lawyers are on it, but does anybody have any suggestions in the mean time. Also work is telling him if he can't get cleared he will most likely lose his job. He's on light duty for now. Any suggestions will help, I'm at a loss on this one. |
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If your lawyers are good..I'd leave it alone and let them handle it. Anything you do to help might create more work for them. Sounds like a typical employer move..fuck the little guy over because he might roll over and take it or at the least won't have the resources to fight us. Does the fact he is "new" have anything to do with it? We weren't covered by our medical plan until we were on the job for 6 months. |
| No the fact he's new is why they are fucking around with his job. He has full med coverage from day 1. With us you have 1 year of probation (he is past that) when they can fire you for anything, then you are career "conditional" for 2 more years (he is still pre 3 year) so they can fire him for "cause". After 3 years you are pretty much fire proof unless you really fuck up. |
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Surprise surprise eh! Having been a union rep, vice president of our local..I'll refer back to my original post..I'd leave it to your lawyer. Maybe contact them and see if there is any leg work you can do. I went head to head with a federal labor lawyer once over a refusual to work. It wasn't pretty. 
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