Should I Get Legal Council / File A Claim With The Eeoc Because I Was Fired From My Job?

I was fired from my job while in the middle of a human resourses investigation dealing with a harrasment/retailiation claim I made. My boss listed tradies to work the cause of my termination, but never consulted with me in regards to the claim I took up with HR. I think the termination is due to the claim more so than the tardies, but I did have tardies. The VP of Operations (male) did the firing by himself without any one else present in the office and our HR personnel were out of town.He also did not give me an exit interview only 5 min of why they decided to fire me (multiple tardies) and then walked me out of the building. He did not tell me about my insurance, PTO time, or my 401k. It was so quick he didn’t even make sure to collect my company credit card or laptop. I don’t understand the reasons behind why it had to happen so quickly or why HR was not involved. How should one proceed?

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Can I Suffer Retaliation For Writing A Complaint Letter To City Council?

I work for a city and my department suffers from a lot of issues, primarily incompetants and harrassment from upper management and colleagues. Now, we have attempted to go to upper management and even human resources to solve the problem, but have failed. I finally decided to write city council, because I heard someone from another city did so and they helped them. I explained to the council that I went through the proper channels, going to management and human resources and it didn’t help. It wasn’t a hate letter, but moreso a letter addressing concerns. I wrote about a team leader, manager, and assistant director. I’m just a regular worker. I didn’t straight complain about them all, I noted the good things about them and the bad things. My question is can I get fired or harrassed for trying to make the workplace a safer and healthier place to be at?

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