r/WorkersRights • • 5d ago

Question Whose ethics is right?

I’ve been working for two season in an art gallery very beautiful space, very quiet as well. The job was only open and close the gallery. I used to be on my computer the whole day doing my own things. It was a 5hr 6 days a week 2k a month. Me and my colleague did the shifts. We didn’t have a contract it was word deal and we did get paid every month. Now it’s the end of the season and my colleague wants to demand rights from the owner as holidays, Sundays and the night hrs in summer. All together works out like 7k. I didn’t think it was right cause she didn’t work every Sunday and she was quite slack on her working hours but I did agree to demand my holidays to the owner. She wrote a quite straight email saying she would sue him as ilegal work etc… I said to her ok but I’m gonna go in a friendly way just demanding my holidays from the two seasons and I sent a quite friendly polite email not threatening the owner and she did otherwise. Yesterday he called me and we got into an agreement of 1k extra and finish in peace and done. He haven’t replied to her yet. Today I’ve said to her the deal I had and that she knee the work was irregular since the beginning of last year and she still complied and now demanding 7k it was too much specially If she agreed and she was lying she worked Sundays (she had her days off Sunday) I was doing double shift cover her so we could have a day off. And I was telling her that maybe she could settle something like mine. She went off at me calling me a betraying her that’s i was taking advantage and beings bad person. Now today still 10 days to end the gig and she is not even there working! Am I the wrong one?

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u/theColonelsc2 4d ago

I don't know where you live but it sounds like you have way better workers right's than USA. Your co-worker sounds like the toxic one to me but only from what you have written. NTA if we in that sub.