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bnymellon sucks Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-10 05:43 PM
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Bipolar and I'm Not Giving Up
I'm new to the Democratic Underground and this is my first real post. I'm trying to bring attention to a 2 1/2 year on going legal battle with The Bank of New York Mellon. In October of 2007 I was fired for engaging in the same behavior as my coworkers. The only difference between me and my coworkers is that I am bipolar. For seven of the ten years I worked there I made no effort to hide my illness. I embraced who and what I was.

The original reason given for my termination was that I "defaced company property". When a former coworker sent me the evidence to refute the claim the reasons for dismissal shifted to "he was a direct threat", even though the company did not meet the criteria set forth in a recent case. What made this worse was the string of lies generated by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Coworker statements, affidavits, depositions, emails, and host of primary source documents support my claims. So what do a corporate giant do when they are caught in numerous lies? Simple, they use litigation delaying tactics, renege on promises of meaningful mediation, and then delay again.

Because of this case I have become virtually unemployable. With that said, I want to make this case as public as possible even though I don't know if The Bank of New York Mellon cares too much about their reputation. They'll go on to tell people how diverse they how, how green they are, or how much they put back into the community (pretty much mostly all bullshit). I asking as many people as possible to visit my website and pass my story around. I never know who will pick it up, but maybe, just maybe I can make this the embarrassment it should be.

Visit me at : http://www.bnymellon-lies.com/
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Eg-ptiangirl Donating Member (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-10 05:48 PM
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1. So what do you do now?
Can you find another job? Are you banned from working in general?
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bnymellon sucks Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-10 05:54 PM
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3. Not banned from work
Not banned from work. Any job I go for, they're gonna do "Google his name" search and find out all about the case. Not from stuff I posted, but from what appears to be retaliation from BNY Mellon. Looks like they had some law firms they do business with post the info on the internet with my name, etc...

Since they opened pandora's box with that I have no choice but to fight back.

read the story:

http://www.bnymellon-lies.com/
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bnymellon sucks Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-10 05:58 PM
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5. Working Now
I was able to pick up a job three months after getting fired. The problem is, whenever I go for a new job they're going to know all about it.

I lost 1/3 of my income and that's tough when you've got a wife, two kids, and a mortgage.
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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-10 05:54 PM
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2. Find a good attorney
There is such a thing as the Americans with Disabilities Act. BiPolor is a recognized disability, no different than someone with Ceberal Palsy, etc., etc.

They cannot discriminate against you because of your disability. BTW, I have a daughter who is BioPolar.
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bnymellon sucks Donating Member (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-20-10 05:56 PM
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4. Been fighting this in court
Case is before the US Court of Appeals. The US District Court for Middle Tennessee did a very sloppy job on their review of the case. Looks like some first year law clerk did the research for the court.
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