<prompt> Human: I work for a public school district in California. According to my contract, I am to be paid a base rate per day, in addition to certain per diem bonuses depending on where I work and for how long I work at different sites for varying amounts of time, and I get paid once a month. In January, I worked a job that qualified for 15 days of one of these bonuses, but it did not show up on my paycheck at the end of the month. I called HR, and they told me that it was because the job fell over two pay periods and that Id receive the bonus on my next paycheck. I waited until my next paycheck, only to find it missing again, along with 13 more days worth of bonus pay. I called HR again, and they apologized and assured me it would appear on the next check, and that there was nothing else I needed to do and no one else I needed to contact they were somewhat rude and dismissive to me about this. This went on for a few months. By the end of the school year I was owed about 50 days worth of this bonus. I gathered up records of all the days I had worked and contacted them via email this time, so Id have a record of it. They finally started paying me at this point, but only for a few of the days at a time, to a point where it almost didnt feel worth fighting for anymore. This is when I called my union. My union representative disagreed that I was even owed the money in the first place and condescendingly told me to familiarize myself with the contract. Still, telling HR that I had spoken to her and ccing her on the email chain got them to pay me the rest of what I was owed at the end of August, just in time for the new school year. They put me in direct contact with my payroll analyst, who told me to come straight to him the next time On my last months check I noticed I was not only missing a bonus, but an entire weeks pay base and bonus. I emailed my payroll analyst right away, and when he didnt respond I called him and spoke to him. He told me he fixed it and Id receive the money on my next check. I emailed him and tried calling at the end of last week just to make sure, but I didnt get a response. I got the check today, and it only has 14 out of 18 days of the bonus and is still missing that entire week. I dont know what to do anymore. Im sick of having to put in all this extra time and effort to receive money Ive already worked for. Its impacting my performance - I have no motivation to do a good job knowing I might not get paid for it. I really want to quit, but I cant afford to right now. Is there anything I can or should do? Any advice is appreciated! I apologize if this is not the best place to post this. If theres somewhere else I should post it, please let me know. Thanks!Assistant: Talk to your union, should have been step 1.Human: I spoke to my union, my representative didnt think I was owed the money in the first place. Ill try again today though.Assistant: Why did they believe you werent owed the money?Human: In order to qualify for the bonus, I need to work at least 10 consecutive days at the same site. They said this included all days, not just work days - so if I dont work weekends or holidays, I dont qualify. I can only work when school is in session, so if this were true there would be no possible situation where someone would qualify for this bonus  <response>: You should report your union rep to the union, since they are obviously unqualified. 