Complaint Review: Kohler Co. - Huntsville Alabama

Republicans are In control of alabama because of the,   stupid voters the people who have to work get screwed because of the people In power all they do Is treat people wrong fire them for no reason.

The people In power are screwing the citizens of alabama,  & they are getting away with It because.  The people are powerless to do anything about It.  They just keep voting for the people who Is "F******"  us over.

The employers are allow to falsify complaints agaisnt employees,   to basically "Ruin" you life.  That Is all these people who have power over you are doing.  These people will never be brought to "JUSTICE".

Well steve many people have crossed the line,  In what they have said to me and have plently of nerve that makes you a coward cause you sit behind your computer looking for as many victims.  I refuse to be your "VICTIM".  

I also have the right to post comments without,  being "HARASSED".    You are so "Childish".

I am assuming that Obama has given you a job?

Charles,

How could you possibly give advice on what employers or co-workers do?

You are on welfare, and do not work due to your bi-polar mental disorders as I recall.

You are on Social Security disability as I recall. Is that a "job" in your mind?

When was the last time you actually held a real job for at least 30 days?

Never.

Get off mama's tit and grow up.

But leave the workplace advice to someone who has actually held a job.

The eeoc Is worthless they only help a certain group of people not everybody.

Well guess what dave employers still retaliate and co-workers still harass each other and lie about you to get fired for no reason.

The point here is there are laws against harassment in the work place and also against retaliation when reporting harassment. He is right to bring a law suit against the company if he was discharged in retaliation.

As for who's to blame, it's the company.  Politics have nothing to do with this issue. And to open another can of worms the OP did mention he had gone through his local Union which did not seem to help prevent termination.

I am a long time employee of Kohler Co., and if its one thing I have witnessed since I've been there, its a double standard. By that I mean if the plaintiff were a woman it would have been dealt with in a quick and timely manner. I also think its a racial double standard within the company. I was witnessed to two employees one white the other black get into a verbal altercation. Neither employee passed a lick or touched the other in any kind of way. They both were sent home to cool off, three days later the black employee was fired and the white employee returned to work. 

This company has a history of lawsuits filed against it for sexual harassment. Many were thrown out of court.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has found against this company several times for sexual harassment and retalitory practices.The EEOC averages about $175,000.when they win the case. That means nothing to this billionaire family owned business.

One of the at least 83 government contracts this company won for 2009-2010, wipes out that little slap on the wrist.It takes at least a few million to get some attention from this company. I hope this employee gets the dollars he deserves.

Jeff

This Is what happens when republicans are In office, they start trampling our workers rights people start getting done wrong fired or If you been out of work 6 months you can't get new employment.  We get treated like crap! "harassed" by other co-workers' & you get "LIED" about.   What ever happend to Job's Job's Job's which Is what the republicans' promised us!.

It  was all "LIES" the republicans' was feeding to the public,  & the voters' fell for the right wing "LIES" they will promise everything once elected that goes down the toilet.  Just look what Is happening In wisconsin,  the republicans' up to their same old bull s**t.  They are "Mistreating" the workers'  just like they do all over the country. 

I would like to thank Barack Obama for speaking up for the local unions in America. I would also like to thank the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for allowing Americans to voice their concerns and helping us protect our rights. We have witnessed in Egypt and other foreign countries what can happen when there are no organizations to protect the people from Government or large billionaire companies such as Kohler Co.

Large companies such as Kohler who pay out thousands of dollars for advertising, have a great deal of influence over the media. I feel that is the reason a lot of these stories are never made public. The media is always covering stories about men sexually harassing women, assaulting and raping women, and stories about child molesters, but rarely do we hear of a female supervisor sexually harassing a male. Is this not interesting enough to make the news or at least educate the public that sexual harassment does happen to men as well.

I am a current employee of Kohler and would like to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation on my job. I read this article and thought of so many other situations that have occurred out here. This man stood up and filed a complaint with OSHA against Kohler. The company was infected with rats and roaches and he filed a complaint and successfully had the rats and roaches removed. After he complained, the company took out all the coolers for storing our food and we had to store our lunches on the floor around the rats and roaches.

He was always helpful to everyone and believed in being fair. I remember in a safety meeting he spoke up about employees not knowing where to go for fire drills and tornado drills. This upset management so bad that during the next safety meeting he was banned from the meeting. He wasn't afraid to speak up and management did not like that. Several of us employees wrote top management in Kohler, Wisconsin about the problems here at Kohler in Huntsville and the way management is treating the employees here, but it has fell on deaf ears for years. Even when the Kohler family comes down from Wisconsin for a plant visit, the employees are never acknowledged. They could care less how the employees feel and they show this by laying off employees right before Thanksgiving or Christmas.

I do know that he complained continuously about this female supervisor harassing him and talking to him vulgar and he was joked daily about his manhood. When the presses would go down on our overtime shift, they would put him back on her row after he filed complaints against her. He ended up having to file a grievance against management because of this. Other employees would often laugh and tell him "go on and get with her and she might leave you alone". He became the plant joke.

There used to be information posted about sexual harassment laws on the wall by the breakroom, but after this guy filed the complaint about sexual harassment on him,  the company took the information that was posted down.

I would like to thank our GMP Local 214 Union because if it werent for them, this man probably would never have been able to voice his concerns. I am only one man, but there needs to be a change here. Is sexual harassment the same for a man as it is a woman? If so, this man definitely deserves justice.