340 Coup

Three of my friends were fired from Pub 340 today without any warning. Six people were fired in total. They are all being replaced by new staff of the screamo variety. The booker, Malice, has been banned from the bar for 6 months. My best friend David suspected that something was up last week when training some 21 year old with a lip ring (that I’ve been told is going to be ripped out) who had the arrogance to tell him that “things are going to change around here”. We suspect his girlfriend, who was also recently hired, has planned this whole coup in attempts to take over booking there. You know what that means?

Fuck that place. I doubt they want their jobs back but they should all demand compensation. Of which they are all eligible for considering that none of them had received any written warning prior to being fired.

From the BC Employment Standards Act:

No compensation is required if an employee is given advance written notice of termination equal to the number of weeks for which the employee is eligible. Please note that this notice MUST be in writing.

An employee who is terminated may be eligible for compensation based on the following formula:

• • After three consecutive months of employment - one week’s pay. After 12 consecutive months of employment - two weeks’ pay
    
  • After three consecutive years - three weeks’ pay, plus one week’s pay for each additional year of employment to a maximum of eight weeks.
    

A week’s pay is calculated by:

• • Totalling the employee’s wages, excluding overtime, earned in the last eight weeks in which the employee worked normal or average hours, and dividing the total by eight.
    

Something of a wake will be held tonight at the Sweatshop aptly titled the FUCK PUB 340 party. There will be drinks and karaoke.

UPDATE: Some of the new staff, particularly the one’s mentioned in this note, have quit in solidarity. They didn’t know that they were going to be scabs. Also, it looks like the kids are going to get their compensation.