Cain: Panel discusses sexual harassment in the workplace
Joliet Herald-News
Cindy Cain
More than 100 people turned out for a hearing on sexual harassment earlier this month that was sponsored by Warehouse Workers for Justice.
At the hearing, WWJ highlighted the plight of women who say they are groped, propositioned and leered at while at work. When the women complained, they said they were switched to harder duties or told to go home if they didn’t like it.
“When you report it, it’s like you did something bad,” said Uylonda Dickerson, who works at the Walmart warehouse in Elwood.
During the hearing, attendees were told many women face sexual harassment in their lives and that there were thousands of complaints filed last year with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the governmental agency empowered to act against discrimination and harassment in the workplace.