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Are you now "at will" or exempt, or do you have an employment contract?
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Jane Doe Deer
Then what you have is vague contractual terms. In those circumstances, vague language in the contract would be interpreted in your favor.
If you're "at will" or exempt, you basically have no right to complain about shifts or anything else. But you can work on getting contractual rights.
Supervisors can get together and put together their own contract with management, even if it's not a "union" contract. You may want to spend some quality time on these websites: http://www.nlrb.gov/ and http://www.dol.gov/
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An "at will" employee is one who has no employment contract or union contract. An "at will" employee can be fired for no reason at all, with but a moment's notice.
If an at will employee can be fired like that, he or she can have hours given or taken away; assignments given or taken away; seniority means nothing; etc. That's exactly why people have formed and joined unions in the past - to give them protection from the employers' random decisions.
No laws protect you from what your employer is doing. I'm sorry.
Employment Lawyer
Atty. 22 years; Plain English - Discrimination, Fire/Hire, Non-Compete, etc.