Posts Tagged ‘NBC’


Celebrity anti-bullying spokesman, MMA entrepreneur, Frank Shamrock on NBC Jimmy Fallon Show Nov 18

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Frank Shamrock, MMA Legend, WBI ally, Anti-bullying spokesman


Frank Shamrock, MMA middleweight ex-champion,

an ally of the Workplace Bullying Institute will guest.

In addition to promoting a featured MMA match,

he will declare that

“Tough Guys Hate Bullying, Too!”

We are fortunate to have the MMA legendary fighter,Shamrock,

join the campaign to educate the public about bullying –

both for children and for adults in the workplace.

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Hard times for workers: Hollywood says time to laugh

Friday, August 27th, 2010

NBC’s new fall show “Outsourced” and New Line Cinema’s 2011 movie “Horrible Bosses” speak volumes about our attitudes toward job loss and abusive workplaces.  Both projects promote dilbert-like fun while simultaneously mocking employees. It’s all a distraction to prevent our focus on employers making horrific decisions — dumping working Americans on the street while chasing cheap labor elsewhere or propping up horrific bullies instead of purging them. Are they laughing at us or with us?

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Conan and the rest of us

Friday, February 5th, 2010

What lessons can we take from the Conan vs. NBC employment rift. Let me count the ways. (more…)

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Bullying on the Today Show

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

View the workplace bullying segment that aired on Tues. July 14 here. Colleen Robinson is the Illinois State Co-Coordinator for the WBI-Legislative Campaign.

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