Fired

So, we are fired again. We got a call from Jane last night. She told Barb that Jo had decided we would be working until the end of the month, and then they would be finding new teachers (through Jane's school interestingly). Yes, that's right, the end of the month. Which means the end of the week. Which means two more days of work (Friday is a company holiday). Fired with two days notice, nice.

We told Jane, for the umpteenth time, that she needs to give us 30 days written notice or 30 days pay. She went off, saying that we broke our contract, yadda, yadda, yadda. We told her what we've said over and over again - we didn't break our contract, and even if we did she still needs to give us 30 days notice. Barb asked her for a meeting to talk about our unresolved contract issues. Jane said she just wanted to talk about it on the phone. Barb pointed out that A) It's not professional to do it over the phone and B) there are two of us, it's not fair to just talk to one of us on the phone. Jane said she would only talk on the phone, and would not give us our notice. Barb told her, "Jane, you can either meet with us to discuss these issues, or we can go to the labor board," to which Jane replied "Fine, you go your way, I'll go mine." So that's where we were left.

After the conversation with Jane we typed up a letter to her outlining what we feel is necessary if she wants to terminate our contract. We went to the hagweon and dropped it off, but she wasn't there. We have documented everything that has happened in this sordid affair (not just on our Blog) and are preparing for a labour board hearing. Here we go...