As you may have noticed I am no longer posting on a daily basis. After discussing tactics and strategy with friends and family, I have concluded we will have to accept the slow and steady spread of information about the unjust termination of 7990. From time to time I speak to someone who has knowledge of the incident, but they don’t know the whole story. As time passes, more and more people will discover the complete story.
The ongoing poll results, initially published on April 14, 2010, are interesting. When the poll was first posted the daily hit count on this blog was in the hundreds of views, yet very few people choose to vote on the poll. Perhaps many readers would have selected a MAYBE option, had it been provided. As I type, it seems most people want to keep the faces of the people involved in the illegal business enterprise hidden from the public.
Allen (7990) believes the people selling the bootleg DVDs are in no way responsible for his termination of employment, thus he doesn’t want to cause them harm. Allen recently said: “I never wanted the people selling the DVDs to be punished. I just wanted the activity to stop before they got into serious trouble. I will exhaust all other avenues in my pursuit of justice before allowing the photos and video to be published.”
Allen believes he was fired because OC Transpo management was unable to manage the environment they had cultivated. Allen believes OC Transpo management allowed a private business to be conducted in the driver’s lounge for a very long time prior to Allen being hired. When the news spread 7990 (Allen) had reported the activity and asked that it be stopped, as the City of Ottawa Code of Conduct requires all employees to do, the drivers who enjoyed being able to buy the illegal DVDs became angry and began harassing Allen. Allen believes OC Transpo management took the easy way out when they fired him. Allen said: ” They didn’t do the right thing, they followed the path of least resistance. Some people have called them cowards, but I think they reacted consistent with people who felt afraid, uncertain and in need of an immediate solution. I think they were short sighted and failed to contemplate the bigger picture when they fired me.”
Allen has offered to share the letter he read to Mr. Mercier at his Step 2 Grievance meeting. I hope to post the letter in the near future.
I look forward to reading your comments. Please know I won’t approve comments containing unsubstantiated rumours. If you want to attack Allen in a post on this blog, be prepared to provide your source of information and the facts to back up your claims.
Liz