Confirming The Truth of The Nursing University's Ruse

Re: Appeal and legal action

FROM: Curt D

TO: 彭 向陽

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:02 AM

Dear Dr. Peng,

Hi. I've often been so busy these past few weeks since starting the new job. It is a very time-consuming job...mostly because of all the time spent copying supplementary materials the school encourages us to make and the students almost demand. Plus, a lot of time spent the first two weeks with observing other teachers and training.

Thanks for the helpful information on what's really going on with the committee. As I told you on the phone, I suspected the whole process has been controlled and fixed by those who want this result. And when they added the part in the letter about the student's emotional and psychological condition to justify not renewing my contract, well, it made everything they are doing so clear and obvious. It is so incredible and sickening how low certain people at NTCN have gone to get me out and achieve their plans. They could have prevented all these bad things if they had just done things the proper way...but I guess it's not the way they usually do things and less interesting or fun for them. It's shocking that I worked hard and dedicated myself to NTCN and helping students in many ways, and this is the "thanks" I get for all my hard work and loyalty.

I sent the appeal letter and documents to the lawyer yesterday and asked him to call you because you have some important information for him. I have attached a copy of what I wrote for the appeal.

Regards,

Curtis

Not The Only One to Suffer at The Hands of An Abusive Administration

  Lest any of you get the overly-optimistic notion that my nightmare was just an isolated or rare transgression by the nursing university administration, let's flash forward 4 months to early January 2008 and take a look at an email from Dr. Peng that illustrates another of the kind of underhanded and deplorable tactics the-then administration used to cower and manipulate the Taiwanese admin and teaching staff while abusing their rights.
 

----- Original Message ----
From: sypeng48 sypeng48@yahoo.com.tw
To: Curt D <in8aqua@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2008 5:11:40 PM
Subject: Justice

Dear Curtis:

I am so glad that you get your way and know how to win for your dignity. 

The authority of NTCN had lost her head!

At the end of 2007, the last working day, the personnel office ordered all the teachers and assistants of special plan (the situation of what your position was) to sign an agreement of salary deduction in the coming year, without any explanation! 50-60 staffs are announced to sign before 2 PM otherwise they will not be employed in the next year. 

Although after fighting they got a promise that the salary will not be changed, but it is harmful to our staffs. All but the decision makers (you can guess who) think what a ridiculous rough policy!  

And, at that day two of the assistant were announced that their contracts will not be renewed. Moreover, the third one was informed at the afternoon of 2nd Jan 2008 to leave her job even she already signed the agreement. The only reason is "according to the date of the contract"! 

One of our colleagues said this event was a copy of what happened on Curtis, although not all the same

Win what you should have from your lawsuit, or NTCN will never give you a cent!    

With Regards

SY Peng   Jan 6  2008

Surprise, Surprise! 國立臺北護理健康大學 Says "You're Not a Teacher!"

----- Original Message ----
From: 彭 向陽 <sypeng48@yahoo.com.tw>
To: Curt D <in8aqua@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:38:04 PM
Subject: Import about the appeal event

Dear Curtis:

   

   I was told that you are not under the protection or regulation of the Teacher' Law, for you are not a formal teacher employed though the University Law.  The explanation is revealed by the personnel office to the committee. Therefore, it is very unfavourable to you, you probably may not be relieved from the teacher appeal committee.  

  I talked to the lawyer, he said the alternative way is take an accusation.

  You'd better ask for judgement through the accusation and discuss with your lawyer, but not though appeal inside the  college. 

  I am sorry to inform you about this, for I never thought you are not suitable for the Teacher's 

law.  

                                                                                          Regards

                                                                                                Peng  7/31/2007

----- 原始信件 ----
寄件者： Curt D <in8aqua@yahoo.com>
收件者： 彭 向陽 sypeng48@yahoo.com.tw
寄件日期： 2007/7/31(星期二) 下午10:13:16
主　旨： Re: Import about the appeal event

Dear Dr. Peng,

  Although this is not good news, thank you just the same for alerting me promptly to this unfavorable revelation. It seems very "tricky" to me to only find out now...four years after I started at NTCN...that I may in fact not be considered a "regular" teacher covered under the Teacher's Law.
  When you say "the alternative way is take an accusation", do you mean that now I should seek "mediation" through the Council of Labor Affairs? Because, if I am not covered under the Teacher's Law then according to the staff I spoke to at the CLA then I am eligible for free mediation assistance through the CLA. I will speak to the lawyer Dr. Lin about this on Wednesday.
  No matter which "law" I'm covered by, the key point of what the school did wrong remains the same: They improperly decided not to renew my contract, first giving me notice my contract would be renewed by approving my Academic Year 2007-2008 schedule and giving it to me; second, they then changed their original decision without giving me proper notice...not informing me until June 27. Plus, there is still the matter of what Dr. Tsai did improperly to influence the committee to change their original decision on my contract renewal. Looks like it means I will have to pursue this through the CLA and mediation if the appeal committee agrees with NTCN's response.

Regards,
Curtis

----- Original Message ----
From: 彭 向陽 <sypeng48@yahoo.com.tw>
To: Curt D <in8aqua@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 11:37:48 AM
Subject: Re: Import about the appeal event

Dear Curtis:

  Because of the complicate rules about your employment at our college, and the college may never have experiences about managing the case like yours. Since the authority of our college is Min of Education, if the M of Edu. make sure (as the personnel office said) that your situation is not under the Teacher's Law, I don't know whether the mediation of CLA will be useful. 
  Please discuss with your lawyer, let him find the most advantageous way for you.
Be careful.

                                                                                 With regards

                                                                                          SY peng  8/1/2007

 

The Idea For a Lawsuit: Born of Another Kind of Mother

----- 原始信件 ----
寄件者： Curt D <in8aqua@yahoo.com>
收件者： 彭 向陽 <sypeng48@yahoo.com.tw>
寄件日期： 2007/6/28(星期四) 下午8:03:25
主　旨： Latest developments

Dear Dr. Peng,

  Hi. Just a short message to tell you a couple very recent developments.

  1. Yesterday afternoon NTCN contacted me to tell me they wanted me to attend a meeting about sexual harassment today at 1:30. I talked to the lawyer later yesterday afternoon. On his advice, at today's Gender Equity meeting I only told them that the accusation was not true, I never did any such thing, completely false. I explain to you later more details, but in the end I did not answer their questions and after insisting many times I will only talk about what happened with the lawyer in attendance, they agreed to have another meeting next Friday afternoon with me and the lawyer.
  2. This afternoon I got a cold, brief letter signed by the president telling me NTCN is not going to give me a new contract because my project has ended. However, as I know the project did not end and my position does have funding. The lawyer agreed that the NTCN contract stating they can end my contract any time is against the higher law. Plus, he said the memo with my next year's schedule is strong proof that they were already going to give me a new contract. He said we must keep quiet about this evidence until the time is right to use it.
  3. Since these two events have just happened, I decided not to attend tomorrow's General Education Center meeting. It is no longer necessary to go.

  Will you be in your office on Friday? If so, let me know what time and I'll stop by to see you some time on Friday.

Sincerely,
Curtis

----- Original Message ----
From: 彭 向陽 <sypeng48@yahoo.com.tw>
To: Curt D <in8aqua@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:15:46 PM
Subject: Re: Latest developments

Dear Curtis:

  I will stay at my office after the meeting of the G Edu centre at noon on Friday.

  Since you have got the letter about the contract, and the investigation of the harassment is on the way, it may be  better not to talk about in the meeting tomorrow.

  Please ask to Dr Huang for the project planning form of the English teaching that I mentioned yesterday, that will be the most obvious evidence that the position is still remained, in addition to  the record of the administration meeting of the college at May 23.

  More important than the memo of your next year's schedule of classes! 

                                                                                     Best Regards
                                                                                           SY Peng  6.28.2007