Denver mint is said to be a hostile workplace for women

Mark

There is an interesting story in today's Wall Street Journal about 32 women petitioning the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming that the Denver mint is a hostile workplace. The article has several tales by women who claimed they were harrassed, including one women who said she was propositioned when she returned from her bereavement leave for the death of her husband. (And, to head off the inevitable comments, "No, I do not know if she is hot." ) Another woman found, in an attic, "countless stacks of pornographic magazines" and chair with a deskarm. I leave it to your imagination to guess what went on there. Finally, yet another woman said that a male worker offered to pay her for sex and showed her his checkbook, apparently so that she could see his check was good. There were more tales along these lines. The gist of the article was to the effect that the mint is contesting these charges but there are a very large number.

There were a couple of interesting statistics about the Denver mint embedded in the article: It currently employs 414 people, including 93 women. Workers who run the coin-counting machines and presses earn about $31,000 to $43,000 per year.

Mark

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Here is an article from The Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Women tell EEOC Federal Mint is hostile workplace

291fifth

Hmmmm. Government workers. Claim of a hostile workplace. Another attempt to "raid the treasury" and the taxpayer's wallets, perhaps?

19Lyds

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kiyote

$31,000 is a lot of scratch, but it beats me why any dame would want to work at a place like the Denver Mint. It's noisy, and those bags of cartwheels weigh a lot!

Cladiator

Serves 'em right for trying to do a mans job.

TorinoCobra71

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Are we SEXIST Cladie??

TorinoCobra71

Calypso

Wow dude, you have some issues.

nankraut

"$31,000 is a lot of scratch, but it beats me why any dame would want to work at a place like the Denver Mint. It's noisy, and those bags of cartwheels weigh a lot! "

Maybe she has to buy food/clothing for her children???