My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Louisiana
I am a rural mail carrier XXXXXXXXXX. I have been employed here for 20 years. I am hearing impaired and believe I have been discriminated against in regard to receiving a government vehicle for use on my route. Personal vehicles are being replaced by regular govt issue mail trucks and were being assigned by a certain criterea which was mileage (lowest mileage routes first) Finally I was up for a truck, I had problems with my personal vechicle at the time and it needed replacing, so I was using one of the postal spares for a while. I was so happy that a truck was becoming available and I would get it. But due to a decision between our union rep and management they then decided to change the criterea right then and there to Senority. This made sure that I did not receive this vehicle. I was told by the union rep, whom has personal issues with me that I could not file a grievance in this situation. I was told that I must come up with another vehicle or face disiplinary action or expulsion from my job. This occured almost 2 years ago and I had been waiting for years for my turn to finally arrive. Anyway the person who did get the vehicle had a route with far greater mileage and would have been way down the list, favoritism came into play and I was hurt , suffering mental anguish as well as financially from their move. I had also been passed over a few years before, when I was #4 to get 4 vehicles. Mgt. then created a small auxillary route which got vehicle #4. If the senority criterea had been instituted in the beginning I would have had a truck long ago, more than 7 carriers junior to me have trucks. What can I do?

