Posts Tagged ‘Anti-workplace bullying legislation’

UMass Amherst’s Workplace Anti-bullying Initiative

Monday, December 16th, 2013

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This very successful kickoff was the result of some three years of dedicated, steadfast, often very challenging work by a cross-campus Committee on Workplace Climate and Bullying and the strong support of a new Chancellor, Kumble Subbaswamy, who offered welcoming remarks at the symposiumDavid Yamada.
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Living and Learning Through Eye Openers

Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

I went into journalism to fight for justice and encountered this eye opener at my first newspaper  job in Rochester, New York, quite a while back: Women couldn’t be police reporters because the editors – white, male – insisted the beat was too dangerous for them to be in the streets; Italian Americans were not allowed to write metro news and were consigned to the sports section; blacks were not allowed in sports and Spanish Speaking people were not allowed in the building, let alone the newsroom.

And so I wanted to teach college where I thought I could continue a good fight. And, of course, that led to another eye opener.

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The Push for Anti-Workplace Bullying Legislation in New York State – Part 1

Sunday, November 24th, 2013
By Mike Schlicht

The Workplace Bullying Institute’s Definition:

…The repeated mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators that takes one or more of the following forms: verbal abuse or, threatening, humiliating or offensive behavior/actions (verbal and nonverbal forms) or, work interference — sabotage — which prevents work from getting done that is so severe that the mistreatment harms the health of the targeted person — stress-related physical consequences or psychological/emotional injury — or leads to economic harm through termination, demotion or denied promotions.

S3863/A4965 – The New York State Healthy Workplace Bill

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