by Monica Davis
Here we go again. Another news piece on discrimination and bigotry inside the federal government. Yet another investigation showing tax payer funded racism, sexism and outlaw behavior continues to infest federal agencies from the Federal Aviation Administration to the United States Department of Agriculture to the Envirnmental Protection Agency. And its all costing US tax payers big bucks.
CBS news is reporting that the FAA's air martial program has major EEOC problems:
*Thirty-three percent of the female employees surveyed believed they had been discriminated against.
*A total of 454 formal or informal equal opportunity complaints were filed by employees between Sept 2006 and April 2011.
*"...employees perceptions of discrimination and retaliation are extensive..."
Despite all this, the report concluded "...our review does not support a finding of widespread discrimination and retaliation."
Well, duh. How much discrimination and retaliation does there need to be? If thirty-three percent of female employees believe they had been discriminated against, isn't that widespread? If, as my research has shown, discrimination investigations can rack up as much as $50,000 each for research, interviews, and defense, isn't that a significant amount?
Let's do the math: 454 x $50,000. That's $22,700,000. That isn't chump change by any means--and that's just within the FAA's Air Martial program.
According to CBS, "Senator Bill Nelson of Florida is one of the members of Congress, along with Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Edolphus Towns, who called for the investigation." Many current and former Air Marshalls aren't suprised by the damning report. Responding to the CBS report, one former air traffic controller writes:
As a retired Federal Air Traffic Controller, this doesn't surprise me that another Federal Agency would harass their employees. Harassment was rampant throughout the FAA when I was working. I knew quite a few women from many different facilities who were either sexually harassed or just harassed for just being a woman in what in the past was a male dominated work force. When they would file EEO complaints, the harassment would just get worse. That was why many wouldn't bother filing. There were always plenty of male supervisors and their male controller friends that would dispute the claims. Also the harassment wasn't confined to the women. Some male controllers were also harassed especially if they transferred in from other facilities and had high seniority. The way promotions are handled only adds to the environment of harassment throughout the Federal work force.
Whistleblowers and class action litigants have long experienced retaliation from federal agencies.According to Fleur De Lis Studios, one aspect of government retaliation is to use government authority to shut down websites that expose government corruption.
Fleur De Lis Film Studios television series "Whistleblowers – The Untold Stories" and "Rogues In Robes" have obviously struck a political and judicial nerve. Instead of upholding the law and protecting American taxpayers, the U.S. Marshal Office is apparently hard at work shutting down websites that expose judicial corruption. Such Internet censorship exemplifies the diminishing constitutional rights under the color of law. (PR Web)
Despite EEOC laws, many federal employees believe they can't report discrimination or law violations without fear of retaliation.
