DUE PROCESS OF LAW

   
     The Union to which the Philippine nurse belongs to has filed a "grievance" memorandum (for lack of a better terminology) with the US hospital for the illegal dismissal of the former. The Union asked the hospital to reinstate the nurse and compensate her for the services she rendered or should have rendered but did not because of her dismissal. What the hospital did was a violation of the contract (collective bargaining agreement) signed between the company with the nurses' union.

     The blogger saw in this case the hospital's violation of one of the most fundamental values of American democracy: due process of law.
     Here was the situation:  A complaint was filed by the rival Philippine nurse with a high-ranking officer of the hospital. There was supposed to be an investigation of the complaint; they interviewed at least four nurses including the aggrieved Philippine nurse. The hospital withheld the names of the "witnesses" (also Philippine nurses to protect them, according to hospital official.)
     There were supposed to be five steps in the process, but it appears that they started with the first step and went to step five, skipping the rest of the protocol.
     The poor Filipina nurse was not furnished a written copy of the complaint, was not allowed to confront her accuser and the "witnessess". Suddenly, like lighning from the blue, the hospital hit her with a sledge hammer by dismissing her from the service.
   An outstanding well-like Philippine nurse who has been praised by fellow workers and even received awards for excellent services. Dismissed for "harassment" without any evidence?
     This is the American democratic system?
     The Philippine nurse has consulted a lawyer-relative who vowed to "fix," whatever that means, what was wrong in the case.
     Meanwhile, the blogger plans to write President Barack Obama about the situation and its consequences.
     The blogger is angry that fellow Filipinos in this so-called land of milk and honey, a bastion of democracy, has brought with them their despicable crab mentality that was swallowed hook, line and sinker by Americans with dictatorial tendencies.