Something is amiss at the New York Parks Department's holiday parties. Mainly, the fact that seasonal female employees are awarded with permanent jobs or even cash if they agreed to pole dance and strip for everyone's entertainment. One man was even allegedly heard yelling, "If you want a job, get on the pole."
The Parks Department's supervisor, James Cafaro, and his supervisor, Angelo Figueroa, are being investigated. I can't help but make the connection to The Invisible War - in the sense that the victims are being harassed and assaulted by their supervisors, which makes it almost impossible to report and prosecute this despicable behavior. Fortunately, in this case, the union is supporting these women and they might just see some real action taken.
And this is not an isolated incident.
Louis Harris and Associates conducted a phone poll in 2008 and found that:
* 31% of the female workers reported they had been harassed at work
* 7% of the male workers reported they had been harassed at work
* 62% of targets took no action
* 100% of women reported the harasser was a man
* 59% of men reported the harasser was a woman
* 41% of men reported the harasser was another man
Think you're a victim of or witnessing sexual harassment at work? Click here for more information.
and with people depending on their jobs more and more, people in power will continue to abuse it.
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