Voices of Central Pennsylvania

12/20/2019

Trending this year: The world lost the Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel laureate this year, but her words ring especially true as we look back on the human rights issues that captivated the world on Twitter in 2019.

07/14/2019

According to a 2017 Ma*****na Business Daily study, minorities are woefully underrepresented in the cannabis industry. More than 80 percent of cannabis businesses are owned by whites, while blacks and Hispanics constitute barely 10% of business ownership combined. Given the rapidly changing demograp...

06/22/2019

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06/14/2019

We should demand preferential voting.

But will we?

Warning, profanity. Mild by my standards, maybe not by yours.

06/14/2019

(Click to enlarge) AccuWeather chief executive Barry Myers testifies at a House Science Committee Hearing, June 8, 2016. (Credit: Washington Post) Barry Myers, the chief executive of the private

06/14/2019

"We knew from our own experience that sexual harassment in the scientific fields is all too common. And so we were appalled, but not surprised to learn that AccuWeather—led by the President’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Barry Myers—agreed to pay $290,000 to 35 women as part of a settlement after a federal oversight agency found the company subjected female employees to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. We also were not surprised that AccuWeather denied any knowledge of harassing activity, declined on-site access to investigators, and objected to any expansion of the investigation. And sadly, we were particularly unsurprised at the original 2016 complaint by a former AccuWeather employee alleged that she was, among other things, subjected to a hostile work environment and ultimately terminated due to her sexual orientation.

But despite our hard experience, we were surprised, shocked, and disgusted by the sheer extent of the harassment that occurred while Myers was CEO of AccuWeather, which was detailed in a federal report that became public earlier this month. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) found, “Over two dozen witnesses spanning many different departments and in positions ranging from administrative support to senior management described unlawful sexual harassment that occurred at the company. This sexual harassment was so severe and pervasive, that some female employees resigned.” The investigation confirmed that AccuWeather was indeed aware of the sexual harassment but took no action to correct the unlawful activity."

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