* A couple of weeks ago, he sent out a press release heralding the birthdate of Jane Addams. Last month, he heralded the 25th anniversary of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s swearing-in. Today, it’s this…
House Speaker Michael J. Madigan released the following statement in support of the McDonald’s employees’ strike protesting sexual harassment:
“I support the McDonald’s workers in Chicago and across the country who are taking a stand to say it’s time they are heard and that sexual harassment in the workplace must end. It has become all too clear just how prevalent workplace harassment is. While much of the headlines of the MeToo movement have focused on high-profile celebrities and CEOs, women in every industry are experiencing harassment while simply trying to do their jobs, and not enough is being done to ensure women in the service industries are heard. America’s ‘first best job’ should not include abuse and harassment.
“Not only does harassment hurt individuals and workplaces, harassment harms our economy because it stops women from moving up the economic ladder—perpetuating the gender wage gap. All employers have a responsibility to take initiative to improve cultures and internal policies.
“Companies and policymakers have a responsibility to make sure our workplaces are free from harassment and that there are safe, reliable avenues for reporting abuse, a way to conduct prompt and thorough investigations and hold perpetrators accountable.
“This is an issue that has been a priority for my office. At my request, my Chief of Staff Jessica Basham has been meeting with some of the country’s leading women’s and progressive groups to gather the best ideas proposed to positively impact women and families. She is also leading a review of our internal policies and practices, and we have established a new process to bring complaints and have begun new in-person sexual harassment training.
“Abuse of power, discrimination, and harassment corrode our workplaces. I commend the women who have joined together to fight for what they have deserved all along—a workplace free of harassment and discrimination.”
For More Information:
Jessica Basham
Thoughts?
- Responsa - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 5:01 pm:
==“This is an issue that has been a priority for my office. ==
lol lol lol.
- Henry Francis - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 5:02 pm:
==For More Information:
Jessica Basham==
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 5:17 pm:
That’s an easy side to take…
- Cheryl44 - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 5:18 pm:
Well, good for him.
- DuPage Saint - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 5:33 pm:
Gee is there an election coming up? Yardda Yadda
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 5:39 pm:
–Thoughts?–
We’re going to hear more from this kid, and I don’t mean a postcard.
Now that he’s reached this point of public engagement with the Democratic base, who knows what the next 50 years will bring?
- Norseman - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 5:58 pm:
Thanks Wordbanned exclamation point
I had to wipe Diet Pepsi off my keyboard.
- Responsa - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 6:08 pm:
Well, I am going to go way out on a limb here and posit that this piece of political b fiction may not actually have been his idea.
- Matt Vernau - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 6:15 pm:
On the other hand. If he knows he will soon be seeking statesman status. He might just be the fellow who puts together the votes to give us the tools to end harassment. It will not be easy and it is hard to trust but who else you got?
- NIU Grad - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 6:18 pm:
I wonder if it’s a CoS directional change?
- Archpundit - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 6:18 pm:
===I had to wipe Diet Pepsi off my keyboard.
Diet Mt Dew here.
New software upgrade apparently worked.
- RNUG - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 6:40 pm:
Must have a new media smart person or a issues advisor on staff.
- VanillaMan - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 6:53 pm:
Madigan hasn’t eaten at a McDonalds since 1968.
- unspun - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 7:38 pm:
If there’s anything that MJM has done over the years, it’s that he takes the will of his caucus seriously. Imperfect, yes. But progress.
- west wing - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 9:48 pm:
good for him
- Honeybear - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 10:56 pm:
No permanent friends
No permanent enemies
Only permanent interests.
As OW says, politics is about addition not subtraction.
I’m glad to have his support
- Come On Glenn - Tuesday, Sep 18, 18 @ 11:22 pm:
Good bedtime reading, laughable though
- Arock - Wednesday, Sep 19, 18 @ 8:00 am:
This coming from the man that has to have complete power and domination over the Illinois Democratic Party.
- OneMan - Wednesday, Sep 19, 18 @ 8:05 am:
Team, I need to seem more ‘woke’….
On it sir.