I’ve seen several posts of people asking for advice on situations like this with so many answers suggesting OP to fight back, document and contact the union, but this seems too much work for an unconvincing result, because there is no way a manager is going to fire an employee or a clique for a “he claims she claims” situation.
Manager, employer, even the union, will listen to you, play theatrics and change nothing hoping you forget.
Walking away, while making you feel like a loser, seems to be the sane choice long term. Cliques are gonna clique.
Maybe you can think of a better way?
Huh? A work clique? That just sounds like a friend group to me so I’m not sure the huge deal. Especially if a solution is literally the ability to just walk away.
This is the second work related post I’ve seen today where it seems to be young people thinking work is high school again, which it isn’t. People are allowed to not want to be your friend. And if you’re in a union? Pffft just count yourself lucky, keep your head down, do your work and clock the fuck out. Work “friendships” are almost always the most hollow ones anyways.
Just be motivated by the pension I’m assuming you’ll eventually get to have and stop caring about the popularity contest.
Unless it’s a group of people actively bullying you and going out of their way to make your life hell…but again if you can just “walk away”, do so. Who cares