Harassment Complaints Ignored in Springfield
Policy Director Colin Williams was quoted in this article.
Via – WGN
“This week a lobbyist told Springfield lawmakers she filed a sexual harassment complaint against a state senator. But there was no investigation nor follow up. That troubled State Senator Karen McConnaughay, a member of a commission charged with taking up allegations of sexual harassment. So she started asking questions and found troubling answers.
“Quite frankly for women, this is the worst kept secret the fact that sexual harassment takes place in the workplace,” she said. “It doesn’t matter whether you’re in government or the private sector.”
Sen McConnaughay sits on a panel that is supposed to oversee ethics complaints. She says Springfield is ignoring rampant sexual harassment. She wanted to know how many complaints her ethics panel had received. McConnaughay says she was stunned to learn there were 27 pending ethics complaints. 27 complaints – but no investigations.”
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