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Most employers don't give out specific information, just dates of employment
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they didn't contact just his workplace, they connected one of his references that was his manager. References are to get a better feel of the person they are interviewing...
OP is there a reason you didn't coordinate with your references ahead of time to know how they feel about you and to let them know what you want or do not want shared (if it was personal info)?
Sure, blame the former manager because op didn't get his story straight.. from what he said, the manager didn't say he would give him a "good" reference, just offered to be his reference... and how is that even a bad reference? That he said you were absent? That's part of your work history files. Whether the manager said anything or not, the temp agency would have called up past employer and found out the reason you were fired.
@OP/vikes, not trying to sound harsh, but that's the way it is :S you aren't required to use the manager as a reference, if they want an old manager and you don't want him in the future, you could always try telling them you would prefer not to have them contact him but that makes it worse. At least the manager tried to give a reason why you were absent, it's more than what other people would do. Do you want to apply for a job where they know you are absent just because? Or absent for legitimate reasons? The temp agency at the very least would not even pass this part along to the next company, they might be asking you out of consideration in giving you a physical/strenuous temp jobs. Also done being "doctored" sometimes implies you were on medication which may affect drug tests which they would like to note as well.