A Not-So-Secret Blacklist of Employers
ANTI-BULLYING (at work) UNION | 09.03.2009 21:34 | Workers' Movements
It is about time that a blacklist of employers be created in order to warn potential employees against working for companies that degrade and undermine the dignity and self-respect of people. ABU has started one.
The Anti-Bullying Union is creating a (not-so-secret) Blacklist of companies and organisations, who have committed employment rights violations, allowed or connived with bullying and other kinds of abuse such as racism, violence, sexual harassment, threats, intimidation, humiliation, torment etc against their employees.
So, if anyone would like to send me details of companies that have bullied or harassed them, I will include it on my Blog and publish it far and wide. Let's get back at some of these companies - give them a taste of their own poison.
Peter Wakeham of ABU said, "When many more people come forward with stuff like this and we compile this list and encourage people to join the Anti-Bullying Union then maybe we'll have some clout behind us to help other employees who are being bullied. The time has come for all of us targets of bullies to fight back".
.. and a comment regarding the Blacklisting of construction workers appeared on 6 th March 2009 on Indymedia UK:
"When will workers be able to have their own database of blacklisted companies? When will they be able to demand references from companies when considering accepting a contract? As long as employment remains a one sided transaction these abuses will continue".
Send via Email:
kittyplant@btinternet.com. to Peter Wakeham, Founder of Anti-Bullying Union.
To view the Blacklist go to
http://antibullyingunion21.wordpress.com
Source: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423662.html?c=on#c217315
So, if anyone would like to send me details of companies that have bullied or harassed them, I will include it on my Blog and publish it far and wide. Let's get back at some of these companies - give them a taste of their own poison.
Peter Wakeham of ABU said, "When many more people come forward with stuff like this and we compile this list and encourage people to join the Anti-Bullying Union then maybe we'll have some clout behind us to help other employees who are being bullied. The time has come for all of us targets of bullies to fight back".
.. and a comment regarding the Blacklisting of construction workers appeared on 6 th March 2009 on Indymedia UK:
"When will workers be able to have their own database of blacklisted companies? When will they be able to demand references from companies when considering accepting a contract? As long as employment remains a one sided transaction these abuses will continue".
Send via Email:
kittyplant@btinternet.com. to Peter Wakeham, Founder of Anti-Bullying Union. To view the Blacklist go to
http://antibullyingunion21.wordpress.com Source:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423662.html?c=on#c217315
ANTI-BULLYING (at work) UNION
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10.03.2009 14:42
Go one stage further: have a companies-wiki so anyone can leave comments, experiences, and companies can leave responses and request amends (important as this is precisely what the employee blacklist lacked. Show them you're better), all of which are preserved but edited into a page. This should allow for exponential growth without all the grunt work being borne by yourself.
Make use of Corporate Watch as a start.
Use this as a place to keep track of who owns who. Its a minefield trying to work out if that lovely organic fruit farm is owned by a factory farming conglomerate who's shares are mostly owned by a biological weapons research body.
A measure of success of such a scheme would be when companies start adding clauses to employment contracts preventing employees from publishing about the working environment or circumstances of leaving.
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