| Drove 2,000 miles to get axed Day 1! | | Couldn't these people have called him before he made such a long trip?!Drove 2,000 miles to get axed Day 1! N.Y. miner gets shaft upon arriving in MontanaSam Gallup bolted New York for a new home, a new life and a new job in Montana.One 10-hour shift later, he was facing the same old problem: Unemployment. RELATED: FEAR GRIPS MARKET
The 24-year-old upstate mine worker traveled 2,000 miles to find work only to get laid off after one day on the payroll of the Stillwater Mining Co. "It's kind of a dead-end situation," Gallup said Thursday. "Job security? There is none. Right now, I'm in the financial situation of losing everything." RELATED: WHAT ECONOMIC CRISIS? Stars Party HARD AT $20M BASH
Gallup received the bad news Monday night after returning home from his first and last day of work. Standing on the porch of a friend's house in Billings, he noticed a voice mail on his cell phone. Seconds later, in disbelief, the recorded voice said he was out of work - again. "I was a little upset," he said in an even tone. "The fellow that called, he apologized several times, but that was it." In August, the St.... | |
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