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Article

18 Jun 2009

Author:
Salem-News.com [USA]

Willamette Tree Wholesale nursery in Oregon sued for sexual harassment, retaliation [USA]

Willamette Tree Wholesale, a nursery in…Oregon has been sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for violating federal law. The U.S. EEOC charged…that the nursery allowed female employees to be severely sexually harassed and retaliated against the women and male co-workers after they reported the harassment…According to the federal agency's investigation, one worker, a 38-year-old Latina, was taken to remote areas of the farm by the company foreman and raped repeatedly over several months…EEOC District Director Michael Baldonado noted, "Our investigation found that sexual harassment at Willamette Tree was widespread, tolerated, expected, and a condition of employment…” [also refers to Scheimer Farms, Wilcox Farms, Wilcox Dairy Farms Group, Harris Farms]