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  • Report:  #471747

Complaint Review: Safeway Canada INC - Garrison Wood's Location Calgary - Calgary Alberta

Reported By:
- Calgary, Alberta,
Submitted:
Updated:

Safeway Canada INC - Garrison Wood's Location Calgary
1020 - 64 Ave. NE Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Phone:
403-730-3500
Web:
N/A
Categories:
Tell us has your experience with this business or person been good? What's this?
Will include documentation as follows:

Doctors note & evaluation

Emails back and fourth (unfortunately Safeway was cautious about communicating and thus was reluctant to do so in any form other than verbal).

Letters to MLA, ESA and other government organisations.

I have launched a case against Safeway Canada INC with regards to harrassment and discrimination and safety violations which occured at their store. Their unprofessionalism and mismanagement of my complaints have resulted in my need to quit my job on the aforementioned grounds.

It is in my opinion that Safeway Canada INC is in violation of many laws, and that when observed as a whole it demonstrates a trend with this company to cover this up.

I will include the doctor's note when you email me back, I've scanned it in and will be scanning in a copy of my ESA complaint. I have obtained the name of the person handling my ESA complaint and will be communicating this with my MLA and that is when I will be obtaining a copy of the formal complaint to the ESA. I have also given the ESA a copy of this doctor's note.

What I would like to ask people is the following:

What sort of intent do you all suppose when they failed to provide an employee file immediately upon request at head office, why all the stall tactics and evasion when it came to providing me with information that I have a right to?

Why would they conduct a sloppy investigation then refute my claims?

I believe Safeway Canada INC has breached FOIP and ESA standards for disclosure of information and as voiced in my communications their failure to provide is pretty solid proof that they've had an agenda and it had nothing to do with them living up to their "zero tolerance policy" regarding harassment and discrimination.

I believe that if I were a manager things would have been handled properly, but as a low value 1 year employee with this loser corporation versus an employee who is a manager and has 22 years with the business, their approach most definitely was biased and nothing more than a ruse to begin a sloppy cover-up of what they have done.

In my opinion this corporation is not to be trusted, ever, and that anybody experiencing problems similar to this should automatically assume the corporation and it's store-level management are not going to care what their problems are and take a biased stance protective of the corporation.

I would like this to be the public record of this evil corporation getting caught at their games and put in their place, I have many people backing me up.

My mother has agreed to pay for a consultation with a lawyer where we will bring our case before them and come up with a game plan where the lawyer can help prepare our case pending. We will bring the Human Rights tribunal letters regarding two separate complaints of discrimination.

The first complaint is regarding the sexual orientation based slur regarding my sexual orientation mentioned by my manager, the lady whom I have accused of harassing me. I will have my lawyer obtain the required documents, as well I will have a letter with me for my meeting next Wednesday to the privacy commissioner so that my information can be released under FOIP and to report Safeway's violations.

I expect we will arrange to have this lawyer paid a retainer to have an investigation conducted to back up our cases pending with Safeway regarding the ESA, a constructive dismissal and breach of employment agreement, and with the human rights tribunal.

I have already have the favor of my local MLA and MP, whom are writing letters to various ministries on my behalf regarding this affair (and monitoring the situation). I was referred to my lawyer by a local celebrity-of-sorts in the gay community, Deva Dave, a real business professional and good personal friend. Thanks for the help Dave.

If Safeway gets this, you had a chance to settle and declined, the ESA is already looking at our complaints and your failure to provide the requested documentation has a fine of $500,000 maximum, you've failed to provide many times and we are insisting with our government officials that you don't get a slap on the wrist for this since it was clearly intentional and you had reminders of the exact law you were breaking. I have faith in the government to give you your dues in that matter (in what is my opinion) and given your behavior with regards to the disclosure of this matter clearly there is a vindictive nature behind these actions.

I will be finishing my human rights tribunal letters tonight and I will obtain values for those as well. My email communications do bring up many valid points and I don't feel the need to rehash any of them, just have a look for yourself and you'll be-able to make your own judgment and decide if you want to be giving this evil corporation your hard earned money by shopping there. Personally I would like more of Emelia's victims to come forward out of this, and honestly I think there are so many of them someone 'll come along and tell me about what she has done to other people.

My main goal is to get this to stop, and to prevent this corporation from it's hostile actions towards knieve employees that will get taken advantage of because they get fed the BS line that Safeway has a "zero tolerance policy". It does not and the facts will come out in this case and be heard and be published so you all can judge.

Email me back so I can email the pictures and stuff.

Adam

Calgary, Alberta

Canada

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7 Updates & Rebuttals

Avendarian

Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
cowards (as far as I know)

#2

Wed, September 09, 2009

Notice these cowards can't even respond to this rip off report?  Notice they don't wish to give any answer at all to my challenge?

It has been the correct amount of time waiting for the union to get a response to my grievance.  None has been given.  As far as I know (according to a conversation with the union 2 weeks ago) tomorrow is the very last day that Safeway has to respond to my grievance.  They couldn't so much as give a response, real professional eh?  Apparently the person who handles this stuff was on vacation.  Right, for 6-8 weeks in a row, what sort of "professional" competency is that?

Anyhow if there is a response tomorrow, I'll post it here for everyone to see, if not, I will post after the 10 day wait for board member selection.


Avendarian

Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
update

#3Author of original report

Tue, August 04, 2009

Safeway has been given the opportunity to respond to my union grievance. The union has asked to have this report removed, but as the site policy goes it cannot be removed; only a rebuttal filed demonstrating that Safeway is willing to fix what I believe (and probably anybody that reads this) are it's mistakes. By the way someone else is posting this without my knowledge or consent (one of my many friends that has decided to hang out today and knows my side of the story quite intimately), so good luck proving it's me since I am at work and there isn't a computer there that I can use. One thing I will be perfectly fine consenting to however, if Safeway tries to bully me, will be to publish a polygraph examination that is video taped with regards to this. This sort of evidence may not be admissible in a court, however, in the eyes of the public it would be damning enough and the subsequent failure of Safeway to subject Pam and Emelia to the same thing would result in guilt in the eyes of the public -- I will post a list of questions you can ask with the video taped polygraph. Wanna play games, I've got a few myself, and they work really well when one is honest. Safeway has an opportunity to resolve this now. If things go to arbitration, I will (or other people saying things for me that I wouldn't say, but certainly do feel) post rebuttals showing how they shirk their responsibility, if things don't go to arbitration I will post a rebuttal showing how they've decided to own up to their wrong-doings (finally). I will say one thing -- Safeway has successfully pissed off my fiancee, many individuals within the gay community, former fellow coworkers, and all of my close personal friends. There are members within the gay community who would like to arrange a boycott, and will, after Safeway returns it's predictable response of shirking it's responsibility. It has been 11 days and still no response yet from the union grievance. By the way, this potential liability of which the union speaks of -- it doesn't exist because only a foul, vindictive corporation would waste it's money trying to get money out of someone that only makes enough to survive, and I can guarantee that if such a thing were to happen, I wouldn't work for any more than that ever (so in the end Safeway would have just wasted their money on lawyers to do this and get nothing ever in return -- so mission accomplished, an eye for an eye) and I'd have plenty of free time to work towards ensuring that such an action would cost them even more. I'm 100% offended by this corporation. You cannot take my rent money away. You can't stop me from eating. You can't stop me from picketing your store with my supporters so that we can drive your business away. I don't really need to make anymore money than rent, food and transportation -- my fiancee and I can get a civil union and he can be the bread winner, that works just fine for us anyways if you think that taking action against me will accomplish anything. Safeway might have lots of money to stomp people like me flat, but one thing that it is knieve about is that some people in the world realize that it is impossible to get blood from a stone. Best of luck to you. You might think that a low income person is easy to bully -- usually they are, but this one is not because the very things which you view are weaknesses, are actually strengths. This is the people's court -- your corporate antics and bullying won't work here, and you will be judged. Let's see how much you fear the presentation of the aforementioned polygraph examination, my fiancee has the cash to pay for it ready to go. Test my resolve one more time and see what happens.


Avendarian

Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
update

#4Author of original report

Tue, August 04, 2009

Safeway has been given the opportunity to respond to my union grievance. The union has asked to have this report removed, but as the site policy goes it cannot be removed; only a rebuttal filed demonstrating that Safeway is willing to fix what I believe (and probably anybody that reads this) are it's mistakes. By the way someone else is posting this without my knowledge or consent (one of my many friends that has decided to hang out today and knows my side of the story quite intimately), so good luck proving it's me since I am at work and there isn't a computer there that I can use. One thing I will be perfectly fine consenting to however, if Safeway tries to bully me, will be to publish a polygraph examination that is video taped with regards to this. This sort of evidence may not be admissible in a court, however, in the eyes of the public it would be damning enough and the subsequent failure of Safeway to subject Pam and Emelia to the same thing would result in guilt in the eyes of the public -- I will post a list of questions you can ask with the video taped polygraph. Wanna play games, I've got a few myself, and they work really well when one is honest. Safeway has an opportunity to resolve this now. If things go to arbitration, I will (or other people saying things for me that I wouldn't say, but certainly do feel) post rebuttals showing how they shirk their responsibility, if things don't go to arbitration I will post a rebuttal showing how they've decided to own up to their wrong-doings (finally). I will say one thing -- Safeway has successfully pissed off my fiancee, many individuals within the gay community, former fellow coworkers, and all of my close personal friends. There are members within the gay community who would like to arrange a boycott, and will, after Safeway returns it's predictable response of shirking it's responsibility. It has been 11 days and still no response yet from the union grievance. By the way, this potential liability of which the union speaks of -- it doesn't exist because only a foul, vindictive corporation would waste it's money trying to get money out of someone that only makes enough to survive, and I can guarantee that if such a thing were to happen, I wouldn't work for any more than that ever (so in the end Safeway would have just wasted their money on lawyers to do this and get nothing ever in return -- so mission accomplished, an eye for an eye) and I'd have plenty of free time to work towards ensuring that such an action would cost them even more. I'm 100% offended by this corporation. You cannot take my rent money away. You can't stop me from eating. You can't stop me from picketing your store with my supporters so that we can drive your business away. I don't really need to make anymore money than rent, food and transportation -- my fiancee and I can get a civil union and he can be the bread winner, that works just fine for us anyways if you think that taking action against me will accomplish anything. Safeway might have lots of money to stomp people like me flat, but one thing that it is knieve about is that some people in the world realize that it is impossible to get blood from a stone. Best of luck to you. You might think that a low income person is easy to bully -- usually they are, but this one is not because the very things which you view are weaknesses, are actually strengths. This is the people's court -- your corporate antics and bullying won't work here, and you will be judged. Let's see how much you fear the presentation of the aforementioned polygraph examination, my fiancee has the cash to pay for it ready to go. Test my resolve one more time and see what happens.


Avendarian

Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
update

#5Author of original report

Tue, August 04, 2009

Safeway has been given the opportunity to respond to my union grievance. The union has asked to have this report removed, but as the site policy goes it cannot be removed; only a rebuttal filed demonstrating that Safeway is willing to fix what I believe (and probably anybody that reads this) are it's mistakes. By the way someone else is posting this without my knowledge or consent (one of my many friends that has decided to hang out today and knows my side of the story quite intimately), so good luck proving it's me since I am at work and there isn't a computer there that I can use. One thing I will be perfectly fine consenting to however, if Safeway tries to bully me, will be to publish a polygraph examination that is video taped with regards to this. This sort of evidence may not be admissible in a court, however, in the eyes of the public it would be damning enough and the subsequent failure of Safeway to subject Pam and Emelia to the same thing would result in guilt in the eyes of the public -- I will post a list of questions you can ask with the video taped polygraph. Wanna play games, I've got a few myself, and they work really well when one is honest. Safeway has an opportunity to resolve this now. If things go to arbitration, I will (or other people saying things for me that I wouldn't say, but certainly do feel) post rebuttals showing how they shirk their responsibility, if things don't go to arbitration I will post a rebuttal showing how they've decided to own up to their wrong-doings (finally). I will say one thing -- Safeway has successfully pissed off my fiancee, many individuals within the gay community, former fellow coworkers, and all of my close personal friends. There are members within the gay community who would like to arrange a boycott, and will, after Safeway returns it's predictable response of shirking it's responsibility. It has been 11 days and still no response yet from the union grievance. By the way, this potential liability of which the union speaks of -- it doesn't exist because only a foul, vindictive corporation would waste it's money trying to get money out of someone that only makes enough to survive, and I can guarantee that if such a thing were to happen, I wouldn't work for any more than that ever (so in the end Safeway would have just wasted their money on lawyers to do this and get nothing ever in return -- so mission accomplished, an eye for an eye) and I'd have plenty of free time to work towards ensuring that such an action would cost them even more. I'm 100% offended by this corporation. You cannot take my rent money away. You can't stop me from eating. You can't stop me from picketing your store with my supporters so that we can drive your business away. I don't really need to make anymore money than rent, food and transportation -- my fiancee and I can get a civil union and he can be the bread winner, that works just fine for us anyways if you think that taking action against me will accomplish anything. Safeway might have lots of money to stomp people like me flat, but one thing that it is knieve about is that some people in the world realize that it is impossible to get blood from a stone. Best of luck to you. You might think that a low income person is easy to bully -- usually they are, but this one is not because the very things which you view are weaknesses, are actually strengths. This is the people's court -- your corporate antics and bullying won't work here, and you will be judged. Let's see how much you fear the presentation of the aforementioned polygraph examination, my fiancee has the cash to pay for it ready to go. Test my resolve one more time and see what happens.


Avendarian

Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
update

#6Author of original report

Tue, August 04, 2009

Safeway has been given the opportunity to respond to my union grievance. The union has asked to have this report removed, but as the site policy goes it cannot be removed; only a rebuttal filed demonstrating that Safeway is willing to fix what I believe (and probably anybody that reads this) are it's mistakes. By the way someone else is posting this without my knowledge or consent (one of my many friends that has decided to hang out today and knows my side of the story quite intimately), so good luck proving it's me since I am at work and there isn't a computer there that I can use. One thing I will be perfectly fine consenting to however, if Safeway tries to bully me, will be to publish a polygraph examination that is video taped with regards to this. This sort of evidence may not be admissible in a court, however, in the eyes of the public it would be damning enough and the subsequent failure of Safeway to subject Pam and Emelia to the same thing would result in guilt in the eyes of the public -- I will post a list of questions you can ask with the video taped polygraph. Wanna play games, I've got a few myself, and they work really well when one is honest. Safeway has an opportunity to resolve this now. If things go to arbitration, I will (or other people saying things for me that I wouldn't say, but certainly do feel) post rebuttals showing how they shirk their responsibility, if things don't go to arbitration I will post a rebuttal showing how they've decided to own up to their wrong-doings (finally). I will say one thing -- Safeway has successfully pissed off my fiancee, many individuals within the gay community, former fellow coworkers, and all of my close personal friends. There are members within the gay community who would like to arrange a boycott, and will, after Safeway returns it's predictable response of shirking it's responsibility. It has been 11 days and still no response yet from the union grievance. By the way, this potential liability of which the union speaks of -- it doesn't exist because only a foul, vindictive corporation would waste it's money trying to get money out of someone that only makes enough to survive, and I can guarantee that if such a thing were to happen, I wouldn't work for any more than that ever (so in the end Safeway would have just wasted their money on lawyers to do this and get nothing ever in return -- so mission accomplished, an eye for an eye) and I'd have plenty of free time to work towards ensuring that such an action would cost them even more. I'm 100% offended by this corporation. You cannot take my rent money away. You can't stop me from eating. You can't stop me from picketing your store with my supporters so that we can drive your business away. I don't really need to make anymore money than rent, food and transportation -- my fiancee and I can get a civil union and he can be the bread winner, that works just fine for us anyways if you think that taking action against me will accomplish anything. Safeway might have lots of money to stomp people like me flat, but one thing that it is knieve about is that some people in the world realize that it is impossible to get blood from a stone. Best of luck to you. You might think that a low income person is easy to bully -- usually they are, but this one is not because the very things which you view are weaknesses, are actually strengths. This is the people's court -- your corporate antics and bullying won't work here, and you will be judged. Let's see how much you fear the presentation of the aforementioned polygraph examination, my fiancee has the cash to pay for it ready to go. Test my resolve one more time and see what happens.


Avendarian

Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
more documents (emails)

#7Author of original report

Mon, July 27, 2009

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TVPRGW6M Here are the email communications. I have 3 weeks with megaupload and I will consolidate everything into a single pdf and republish with a better host, including updated documentation. I am also sending out this report address to employees that I run into from my store and other stores so that the truth about this lady gets out. Nobody deserves to have to work with a manager that yells at her employees on a regular basis, this is not "managing" it is verbal abuse, and safeway should get a class action suit for this. If you've been yelled at by this lady, you most certainly aren't alone and I'll be posting my lawyer's contact information this week, you may leave a message with her and mention this report as we will be making her aware that more witnesses and victims will be coming forward as time passes. I have been told by many of my own witnesses that they are willing to back me the whole way through this... From what I've been told safeway employees have been told to keep quiet about this, but if you speak you will not have to worry about reprisal, this case is going to be very tightly co-ordinated with Kent Hehr, Lee Richardson, OH&S, My lawyer, and the union, and any other authorities that have jurisdiction regarding this matter. Enjoy the documentation, more to follow soon!


Avendarian

Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada
Supporting documents

#8Author of original report

Sun, July 26, 2009

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2P60PBNA These are the most recent documents as of July 26th 2009. The ESA wont let me deal with them so I have filed an official complaint through the UFCW and will be posting updated information as it becomes available. I will be passing out information to safeway employees at the stores that she has worked with a link to this site, hopefully I get a few rebuttals from her victims. I have also located another witness recently, as it turns out she works at the store around the corner from my house, so I took her phone number and will be compiling a more extensive list of witnesses shortly. FYI emilia has a well known reputation for this behaviour around the store and I have no doubt that the truth will come out, this ripoffreport will only be asked to be removed upon settlement from safeway (if they pay for that). I will also update later with copies of the emails.

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