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Local 2205 Fights For Veterans Job
02/10/2009 10:27 AM
Michael Ortega broke a cardinal rule for new hires:
He missed too many days while still under probation.
Within six months of starting as a customer support
analyst at a
Verizon
call center in Hampton, 37-year-old Ortega was 45
minutes late one day, took three days off because of
illness and, finally, left work once before his shift
ended. As a result, Ortega was canned. And ever
since, he's been fighting to get his job back. He
should get it.Continue
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