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Whistleblowers and bullied workers speak up at S.F. City Hall
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
On April 15, Steve Zeltzer organized a rally at which S.F. City workers spoke. Most were whistleblowers who have been retaliated against for their integrity. Hear Carrie Clark, State Coordinator for California Healthy Workplace Advocates [at the 29:00 min. mark] and Dr. Gary Namie, Director, Workplace Bullying Institute [at the 13:33 min. mark].
Tags: Carrie Clark, Derek Kerr, Gary Namie, Steve Zeltzer, workplace bullying
Posted in Healthy Workplace Bill (U.S. campaign), Tutorials About Bullying, Unions, WBI Education, Workplace Bullying Laws | 1 Archived Comment | Post A Comment (
Workplace Bullying talk on KPFA-FM, SF Bay Area
Monday, April 15th, 2013
Join host Steve Zeltzer and guests Brenda Barros, SEIU, SF General Hospital, Dr. Derek Kerr, exonerated whistleblower from Laguna Honda Hospital, SF, and Gary Namie 8-8:30 am Monday on KPFA-FM, Berkeley, CA.
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Tags: Brenda Barros, Derek Kerr, Gary Namie, Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco General Hospital, Steve Zeltzer, workplace bullying
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San Francisco Events, Workplace Bullying — April 15
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
Stop The Bullying of SF City Workers & All Workers
In front of SF City Hall Polk St Entrance
SF City Hall Rm 278
Tags: Dr. Derek Kerr, Dr. Maria Rivero, Gary Namie, Laguna Honda, San Francisco, Steve Zeltzer, United Public Workers for Action, workplace bullying, Workplace Bullying Institute
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Abused domestic workers may get champion at Obama’s Dept of Labor
Monday, March 18th, 2013
Just when it looked like President Obama knew no one to add to his cabinet that spoke the language of working folks, he has decided to use the nomination to Department of Labor Secretary to hoist Thomas Perez on his shoulders. Said the President today
“He’s the son of Dominican immigrants. He helped pay his way through college as a garbage collector and working at a warehouse. He went on to become the first lawyer in his family. So his story reminds us of this country’s promise”
According to reports, Perez, currently working in the Civil Rights Division of the federal Justice Department, was the second person of color to ever be elected to the Montgomery County (MD) Council. While on the Council, Perez pushed a “bill of rights” for domestic workers, tried to toughen county laws against predatory lending and supported the expansion of medical clinics to serve the uninsured. He also fought to import cheaper prescription drugs for county employees — a plan blocked by the Food and Drug Administration.
Tags: abuse of domestic workers, Barrack Obama, caregivers, domestic workers, GOP, home health aides, housecleaners, nannies, Thomas Perez, U.S. Department of Labor, Unions, workers' rights
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AFL-CIO: Workplace Rules to Battle Bullying on the Rise
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
By Kenneth Quinnell, AFL-CIO Blog, March 7, 2013
A number of states are considering legislation that would allow workers to sue for on-the-job harassment and bullying that causes physical or emotional harm. Some employers have already instituted anti-bullying policies, but advocacy groups want a more comprehensive response to what has been a problem on the rise since the economic downturn began. More than a dozen states have considered legislation to combat on-the-job bullying in the past year.
Tags: AFL-CIO, workplace bullying
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Coverage for “Growing Push to Halt Workplace Bullying” article
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
The original March 1 article written by Sam Hananel of Associated Press was carried by the following news outlets:
Note: Broken links are the result of original sources dropping the content. You can always read the full content at this WBI blog.
ABC News | CBS News | Fox News-The Five | Fox-4-TV Dallas-Fort Worth | WLUK-TV-11 Green Bay | WWLP-TV, Springfield, MA | WKRG-TV-5 Mobile AL | KOMO News Seattle | KSDK St. Louis | KWTX Waco, Temple, Kileen (TX)
The Washington Post | USA Today | MSN | Yahoo News | Yahoo Finance | The Christian Science Monitor | Boston Herald | Seattle Post Intelligencer | San Antonio Express News | San Diego Union-Times | Las Vegas Sun | The Oklahoman | The Olympian (WA) | Free Press Burlington, VT | The Clarion Ledger, Jackson, MS | Journal Gazette & Times-Courier Mattoon, IL | Modesto Bee (CA) | Times Union Albany NY | Times Free Press, Chattanooga, TN | Long Island Business News | The News Journal, Delaware | Times-News Erie, PA | The Spectrum, Southern, Utah | Associations Now | Arizona Republic | The Tennessean | Oswego County, NY Palladium-Times | Toledo Blade | CNY Central | Madison.com | North Jersey Record | Mondaq.com (HR, Canada) | The Columbus Dispatch (OH) | The Detroit News | Logan Banner (WV) | St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN)
Tags: associated press, Gary Namie, Greg Sorozan, Sharon Parella, SHRM, workplace bullying
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Gary Namie on Workplace Bullying & Unions, Minneapolis April 30
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Dr. Gary Namie, WBI Director
Tuesday April 30, 1-4 pm
Hennepin County Bar Assoc, Minneapolis
Tags: bullying in the public workplace, Gary Namie, Hennepin County Bar Association, Minneapolis, Unions, workplace bullying
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Carrie Clark, target turned advocate, on workplace bullying
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Carrie Clark, California State Co-Coordinator, spoke on March 2, 2013 about workplace bullying and the need for the Healthy Workplace Bill in states.
The presentation was made at a forum on the epidemic of bullying against public workers in northern California sponsored by the Stop Workplace Bullying Group, the Injured Workers National Network IWNN and the United Public Workers for Action.
Tags: Carrie Clark, Gary Namie, Steve Zeltzer, United Public Workers for Action
Posted in Bullying & Health, Healthy Workplace Bill (U.S. campaign), Tutorials About Bullying, Unions, WBI Education, Workplace Bullying Laws | No Archived Comments | Post A Comment (
AP: Growing Push to Halt Workplace Bullying
Friday, March 1st, 2013
Growing Push to Halt Workplace Bullying
by Sam Hananel, Associated Press, March 1, 2013
Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare.
“One day I didn’t do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face and started yelling, ‘Why did you do that?’” said Fiester, who worked as a legal assistant for an attorney.
Fiester doesn’t have to worry about those tirades anymore, but she hears lots of similar stories in her current role as operations manager at the Society for Human Resource Management, where she often fields questions about the growing issue of workplace bullying.
On-the-job bullying can take many forms, from a supervisor’s verbal abuse and threats to cruel comments or relentless teasing by a co-worker. And it could become the next major battleground in employment law as a growing number of states consider legislation that would let workers sue for harassment that causes physical or emotional harm.
“I believe this is the new claim that employers will deal with. This will replace sexual harassment,” said Sharon Parella, a management-side employment lawyer in New York. “People who oppose it say these laws will force people to be polite at work. But you can no longer go to work and act like a beast and get away with it.”
Tags: AP, associated press, employment law, Gary Namie, Greg Sorozan, Healthy Workplace Bill, Massachusetts healthy workplace advocates, Sharon Parella, SHRM, unions and bullying, workplace bullying
Posted in Healthy Workplace Bill (U.S. campaign), Media About Bullying, Print: News, Blogs, Magazines, Unions, WBI in the News, Workplace Bullying Laws | No Archived Comments | Post A Comment (
WBI Workplace Bullying Research — List of 33 studies by topic
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Workplace Bullying Research
WBI’s research complements the books, websites designed to help afflicted targets and their families, individualized support we give targets and Workplace Bullying University® for which research — ours and hundreds of others — is the foundation.
Below is the WBI set of 33 studies, arranged by topic, exploring most aspects of the workplace bullying phenomenon primarily from the perspectives of targeted individuals, conducted since the year 2000.
Use links to access all study synopses & downloadable reports.
Tags: Bullying rate compared to discrimination, Bullying tactics, Economic impact on bullying for targets, Employers' attitudes & actions, Gary Namie, Health harm from bullying, HR & bullying, Internet/Social media use & bullying, Lone perpetrator or multiple bullies, Mediation & bullying, Mobbing, Politics & bullying, Race of bullied targets, research, Targets' responses to bullying, U.S. National Prevalence, unions and bullying, WBI research, Why bullying happens, workplace bullying, Workplace Bullying Institute
Posted in Healthy Workplace Bill (U.S. campaign), Unions, WBI Education, WBI Surveys & Studies, Workplace Bullying Laws | No Archived Comments | Post A Comment (
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