Friday, May 1, 2009

Assault at North Carolina yarn mill

I was just alerted to this by a crochet group I'm a part of. I'm absolutely horrified.


At North Carolina's Tuscaroro Yarns in late 2007, a factory manager sexually assaulted a woman in his office. After she reported it, an HR manager responded by suspending and disciplining her. Two months later, she left the factory in an ambulance after another, more brutal assault by the same plant manager.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit on March 30.

Here's the article from the Southern Poverty Law Center so you know this is not a hoax.
http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=370

Here's the notice on the EEOC web site, also so you know this is not a hoax.
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-30-09.html

And here's the Tuscarora Yarn web site, in case you want to give them a piece of your mind.
http://www.tuscarorayarns.com/
Or their e-mail is imagine@tuscarorayarns.com.

I recommend writing the company letters. I wrote them a note to say I refused to patronize their company until I hear of a severe change in their policy and that both the man who attacked her and the person who chose to discipline her were fired. Please pass this on to everyone you know, and spread the word about this injustice.

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