“The EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations’ failure to apply fairly Federal EEO complaint guidelines undermines the Notification and Federal Employees Anti-Discrimination and Retaliation Act and spurs a health crisis within the Federal workforce.”
WASHINGTON (PRWEB) June 27, 2019
Advocacy groups and Whistleblowers will gather at the upcoming 2019 Annual Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival. The gathering, which will take place in Washington, DC during July 29th-August 1st, 2019, provides a meaningful “mutual support network” for whistleblowers and advocates across the country.
The theme of this year’s Summit is True North—Persevering in the Pursuit of Justice. It will feature a variety of events, film screenings, and panel discussions to empower “truth-tellers” who create a better world for all people to thrive.
The Coalition For Change, Inc. (C4C), a 2019 Summit committee member, will host a panel to address the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) flaws. “The EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations’ failure to apply “fairly” the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint guidelines undermines the Notification and Federal Employees Anti-Discrimination and Retaliation Act (No FEAR Act). It also spurs a health crisis within the Federal workforce,” said Tanya Ward Jordan, President of the Coalition For Change, Inc.(C4C) and Author of 17 Steps: A Federal Employee’s Guide For Tackling Workplace Discrimination.
The USDA Coalition of Minority Employees will host a separate panel to address the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) harmful workplace culture. “Wrongful firings, reprisal, and intimidation are out of control at USDA. It has been this way administration after administration, The EEOC fails to hold government agencies within Agriculture accountable for unlawful acts against minority farmers, especially Black farmers, and USDA employees.” said Mr. Lawrence Lucas, President Emeritus of the USDA Coalition of Minority Employees.
In addition to panels hosted by the C4C and the USDA Coalition, the Government Accountability Project will host a panel on the role of the Office of Special Counsel. The 2019 Summit event organizers, Michael McCray, Esq., and Marcel Reid, have arranged for an assembly of whistleblowers to cover additional panels covering topics such as: Guardianship, Surviving Whistleblowing, Working with Congress, Is Your Story a Book?, Working With Media, and Blackballing Minority Financial Institutions. Whistleblowers, advocates and members of the civil and human rights community are invited to participate in the free conference. For more information visit https://www.whistleblowersummit.com/
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The Coalition For Change, Inc.(C4C) is a member of the Make It Safe Coalition. The C4C, a proactive non-profit civil rights organization and support network, incorporated in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2009. Members devote their time, talent and resources addressing racial injustice and reprisal in Federal employment. The C4C is comprised of former and present Federal employees who have been harmed due to racial discrimination and/or reprisal.
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Jul 08, 2019 @ 15:06:54
Thank, I accually have a lot:
I received my intake form on or about day 102. I documented contact date via email, fax and phone.
There is a doc in the file that say I had counseling & final interview the same day I return the intake form at 7 pm.
EEO investigator contacts on day 327.
I receive right to file before the EEOC on day 527.
HR said they had a policy that, because I was so qualified that I was reachable on the competitive list so I was not placed on the Affirmative Action list.
Then in 2017 in another sworn statement she (HR ) says selecting offical would never know I was an individual with a Targeted disabilty.
We have the Agency attorney missing a deadline.
We have the Agency attorney during discovery that no one keeps a record of how many IWTD they have. I produced a F.O.IA from 2011 showing that someone was keeping the data because I received the number at each component.
I have the Diversity and Civil Rights Piwerpoint presentation that breaks down their workforce.
Then they tried to use a management official yo say he would have made the same decision anyway. I countered with what a Federal Judge said on the record about his testimony in a death penalty case, where the guy sat on death row for 16 years. He said that his testimony was contradictory to every witness statements and police reports. HR went further to state that the D.A. withheld evidence and police and D.A. clouded to convict the guy.
So, my case has a lot going for it.
It just should nit take so long to get a ruling
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Jul 08, 2019 @ 12:55:11
i am not surprised DALLAS. apparently there is something in your case they don’t want to see the light of day. These people fear exposure more than anything else.
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Jul 08, 2019 @ 12:54:04
I agree Mary Ellen…but then you obviously have integrity and morals. The people you are dealing with lack these qualities.
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Jul 06, 2019 @ 15:47:42
The lack of transparency at the EEOC and OFO is a major issue. A complainant needs to know where their csse is in the ppipeline. It should be first in , first out. If you could take your case number and look at the docket and see they ate hearing case 1234 and your case number is 1248 then, you would know that there are 13 cases in front of your case.
My case sat for 5 years with no ruling on any motion. I knew two individuals that filed months after I had and their cases were already adjudicated by the same Judge in the same Division as my case.
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Jul 06, 2019 @ 10:38:14
As a Federal Contractor refusing to exploit my gender and Commercial Contracting Credentials for the enrichment & satisfaction of others, saying NO to Government Corruption should not be a life sentence.
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