Civil Rights Violation

by john123 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  john123

  Hi everyone,

  This does not really have to do specifically with the JWs, but is an experience of a civil right violation. When are big religion and big business going to learn that these violation hurt people.

  Former Target Employee Files Civil Rights Claim

  John B. Brown, II, the current President of a human services organization called Approaches To Education, Inc. had his employment involuntarily terminated on Sunday, May 19, 2002 for his complaints of harassment against another employee. For the past year and a half to two years Mr. Brown has complained about Wesley Beard, a Target Assets Protection Specialist (undercover security), for personal and religious harassment.

  According to Mr. Brown, Mr. Beard, who is considered a level three-team leader (supervisor), has done such things as ask Mr. Brown to clock out for him, thus falsifying time cards, a form of theft, inform Mr. Brown that he should go to church repeatedly, and has given Mr. Brown several reprimands for bringing books on yoga, meditation, Buddhism, and Charles Darwins Origin of the Species to work for reading on his personal break time. Mr. Beard also allegedly would display unprofessional behavior publicly by yelling at Mr. Brown when he made a mistake.

  Mr. Brown has attempted to resolve these issues personally. He had no intention of terminating employment but feels he has no other recourse. He states: I have complained about Wes three times already, and one of those times I received a retaliatory response from Wes. I finally turned in my two-week notice as a result. My last day of work would have been June 1, 2002. I was called in about 15 minutes before I left work on May 19, 2002, given my last two weeks pay, and terminated. I was told that the decision had already been made.

  According to reports from other states, Target had been under investigation, at times resulting in court proceedings due to discriminatory practices. Furthermore, Target Assets Protection has been indicted of committing crimes. If you would like to see an official report concerning Target corporation please contact Approaches To Education, Inc. at (520) 400-0650
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  Amazing

  Civil rights violations does not happen because of big business, but because of the people involved. Big business tends to get the media attention because they are big. Little mom and pop shops are just as bad if not worse precisely because they can more easily get away with civil rights violations, and they are not monitored as often.

  In my business we have both state and federal sting operators who pose as clients. They work under ciivil procedures and therefore are allowed to lie and entrap us, and we are guilty until proven innocent based solely on their word against ours. They test us for civil rights issues. But, they mostly target large big business names, but the small private shops go almost unnoticed.

  I seriously doubt that in today's environment that senior corporate executives at Target sit around thinking about hiring assholes as the Wes fellow you describe, and then train them to be bigger assholes. This would destroy the morale of their employees and hurt their business more with poor performance and lost customer base. Rather, this sounds like some Target security person became corrupt with his sense of power and personal agenda, and abused his position. He hurt a fellow employee needlessly and belmished the reputation of the company.
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  invisible

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  john123

  Thanks for the input Amazing. I do not think that Target is all bad. In certain areas of the country employee morale is not the best at Target. The things that have made people suspcious and not trust Target are its reaction to some of the issues that have confronted this corporation. The biggest issue right now is the alleged sweatshops that are making products for Target in other countries and one US. territory. Target is not the only large corporaton that these sweatshop produce merchandise for. Target seems to be a part of the alleged problem.