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-Christy

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  1. LB, on January 17th, 2009 at 1:15 pm Said:

    I am writing to speak on behalf of the millions of women that are subjected to sexual harrassment EVERY day of their professional lives. There has not been one day in my decade-long career that I have not been subjected to an inappropriate comments from male patients. It mystifies me that I went to college to become the highly trained professional that I am, and some ignorant cavedwelling loon thinks I did all of this so I could meet him and wipe his ass! Literally! Just for any man reading this blog…Nurses do not want to hear that you think they are pretty…They do NOT want to crawl into bed with your half-dead ass…Our personal info (Where we live…Do we have a man…Would we like to go out sometime…OFF LIMITS

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    • Christy Lochrie, on January 17th, 2009 at 9:33 pm Said:

      Thank you, LB, for having the courage to speak up. Your bravery will help others — and, hopefully, give those patients who depend on professionals such as yourself pause for thought.

      -Christy

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  2. Monica White, on August 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm Said:

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE
    July 31, 2009 Contact
    Monica L. White
    849 Deerfield Ct.
    Stone Mountain, GA
    770-879-7381

    WILL JOB DISCRIMINATION CASES CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN THE OBAMA ERA?

    Atlanta, GA July 31, 2009
    Monica White like many Americans celebrated in November 2008 the historic election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States. She also had additional reason to celebrate having just been hired as the only black woman in senior management at DSC Logistics; an Illinois based third party logistics and distribution Management Company for Kellogg’s, Kimberly Clark, RJ Reynolds, Tetley Tea, and Smuckers with locations nationwide. Euphoric with the Obama promise for change she eagerly started her job as a human resources executive and one of the top 5% in America who make a $100,000 plus. Now seven months later that euphoric optimism and hope for a change in America has disappeared into despair and frustration after having been wrongfully terminated by her employer and now finding herself embroiled in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) case.

    She is one of the growing numbers of women and minorities who have filed a discrimination complaint with the EEOC for discrimination and retaliation. The process is often lengthy and uncertain. According to a March 12, 2009 online article published in DiversityInc, entitled, Job Discrimination Hits Record High: Is the Economy to Blame?, “ More people experienced workplace discrimination last year than ever before. New EEOC data shows 95,402 job-bias claims were filed last year, up 15 percent from the previous year.” Daryl C. Hannah, the article’s author points to the economy as one possible explanation for the increase in cases.

    Still others believe that employers are unaware of discrimination policies and fail to employ human resource professionals who know and understand the federal guidelines. Others feel the old adage about minorities of, last hired and first fired especially applies in an economic downturn despite the election of Barack Obama. Some feel that this gave those who have a proclivity toward discrimination more fuel to do so out of anger over his election.

    Meanwhile, Monica White can’t help but wonder if the Obama administration will become more aggressive toward companies who discriminate against employees. “I worked 24/7 for that company”, she says, “and this is how I am treated.” “After coming into the office from a conference trip I was told to pack up my stuff because I was being terminated.”

    As the economy edges toward improving and the newness of the Obama election wears off there is only one thing certain and that according to Socrates, is change. Isn’t it ironic that this is the very platform that Barack Obama declared as the new mantra for his presidency?

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