{"id":1714,"date":"2019-03-25T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2019-03-25T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:00:02","slug":"metoo-wins-for-low-wage-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/metoo-wins-for-low-wage-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"#MeToo Wins for Low-Wage Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tLow-wage workers, particularly those who are not fluent in English, are especially vulnerable to sexual harassment by supervisors. Jeremy C. Fox, of the Boston Globe<\/em>, writes about four women who were harassed by the same supervisor<\/a> at the Atlantic Capes Fisheries in Fall River, Massachusetts, where they worked as shellfish packers. More than five years after the harassment began, with the help of the nonprofit Boston-based workers\u2019 rights organization Justice at Work and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the four workers were awarded a settlement by US District Court Judge Patti B. Saris.\nFox explains that the women were subjected to sexual harassment that \u201cleft lasting emotional scars\u201d and affected their marriages. Even though each woman complained to human resources about the harassment while it was occurring, managers did nothing to help them.\nFox notes that this case is a sign that the #MeToo movement can extend beyond Hollywood and the executive boardroom into factories. A representative of the EEOC, which filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of the four women, said this case is significant because it shows employees that, \u201cthe agency will take them seriously if they come forward.\u201d One of the four women interviewed by Fox explained that she feels a kinship to all the other women and men who \u201cstood up to say, \u2018me too.\u2019\u201d I feel proud of them and of myself. . . . I had the courage to lift my voice.\u201d We should all say thank you to these brave women for being our role models.\n \nPhoto courtesy of https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/photo\/woman-showing-a-note-with-the-text-me-too-gm866106596-143920055?clarity=false<\/a> (iStock standard license).]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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