[samuelluvsliz]

My job does things that are not fair. First of all they are with the union or anything so if there are any complaints or if something happens they don't do anything about it. There was a girl who was harassed and there were witnesses including a manager but he did nothing to stop the employee from yelling and telling her off for no reason, and the boss won't be back until Monday but either way they take the side they want to including the office manager of the office. I want to know if there is a place where I can put in a complaint about the company so they won't treat their employees like trash anymore. I have also had some ecounters with things like this not to this extreme but I think it's time to put a stop to it.

Please advise:mad:

[Justwantfair]

What state do you work in?

[cvstone]

Okay first off, when you took the job, did you sign something?

If so did you read it?

What I mean is sometimes the companies will have you sign a contract, that states if something were to happen, then you are obligated to handle it through arbitration(outside of court).

If it stated litigation, you would handle it in court.

If you didn't sign anything you can take it to court as long as you have something or someone to prove harassment.


Civil Rights Act: which protects employees against descrimination based on race, gender, religion, color,origin. And also prohibits harassment based on the categories states.

As long as you can prove that it fits under that definition, they could seriously get in trouble. But even if it is not based on the Civil Rights Act they are still in the wrong.

[Klaipeda]

I f that's the case, I would start recting more confidentially and aggressively and stand for myself while other coleagues are around.So others can see that you backed off your agressors. Try to do that and see what happens, don't be afraid to be aggressively assertive towards your agressors.They will se that they did too much to you and that's why you become so "angry".They may leave you alone and keep the distance now because of your sudden change of behaviour. Next time they will be more reluctant to say something for fear that they may arouse the same reaction in you ( believe fear can be invoced into agressors also, you only need to know how). This reaction-agressive assertiveness is not favourable to agressors. The saying that aggression evolves aggression is true but if you are using it to protect yourself from bullies,sudden aggression is sometimes necessary to show them that you are also "powerfull".
To continue further in your workplace, you need to employ everyday assertiveness ( not agressive) and at all times, so they will get the lesson that this person had changed and it is not the person that they bullied before anymore but the person who they drove to the limit and has now changed.. Good luck!