Posts Tagged ‘Omar Thornton’
Suicides indicate society’s emotional meltdown
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Japan has always had one of the highest suicide rates in the world — 12 straight years with over 30,000 suicides per year. The role of personal shame in the culture can partly explain the choice made by so many. However, the recent economic recession is driving up the number of suicides. In the Sept. 7 BBC report was a remarkable quote from Naoto Kan, Japanese Prime Minister, that “decreasing suicides would be one way to build a society with a minimum level of unhappiness.” The PM believes that suicide proves that too many people are suffering economically and emotionally. A study found that the economy suffers a $32 billion loss from suicides.
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Tags: Annie Lowrey, Foxconn, japan, Jodie Zebell, Kevin Morrissey, Marlene Braun, Naoto Kan, Omar Thornton
Posted in Bullying Tutorials, Social Justice | 7 Comments »
Workplace Frustration: Different Men — Steven Slater & Omar Thornton — Different Choices
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
On Aug. 3 Omar Thornton killed with handguns eight employees at Hartford Distributors (see related commentary). One week later. Steven Slater, a veteran flight attendant with 20 years experience working in a narrow aluminum tube of a workplace stuffed to the max with outrageously demanding, instruction-violating, petty passengers finally had had enough.
Tags: Jet Blue, Omar Thornton, Steven Slater
Posted in Employer Action/Inaction, Social Justice | 2 Comments »
Massacre at Manchester: Weak Connections to Bullying
Friday, August 6th, 2010
The massacre by Omar Thornton at Hartford Distributors in Manchester, CT is a “teachable moment” but not necessarily to advance awareness about workplace bullying as some claim.
Tags: Connecticut, employee theft, going postal, Hartford Distributors, Manchester, massacre, murders, Omar Thornton, shootings, Task Force on Workplace Bullying, Teamsters union, workplace bullying, workplace homicide
Posted in Social Justice | 16 Comments »
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