Sunday, November 30, 2014
The Queen of Wayne's World
She's the Queen of Wayne's World
the rumor is true, forsooth
her pet poodle has a dirty mouth
do you want that around your youth?
http://winchesterinformationcentral.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-ballad-of-private-access.html
Monday, November 24, 2014
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record matters of public interest"); Channel 10, Inc. v. Gunnarson, 337
. "[a]t base, plaintiffs had a constitutionally protected right to record matters of public interest"); Channel 10, Inc. v. Gunnarson, 337
. "[a]t base, plaintiffs had a constitutionally protected right to record matters of public interest"); Channel 10, Inc. v. Gunnarson, 337
. "[a]t base, plaintiffs had a constitutionally protected right to record matters of public interest"); Channel 10, Inc. v. Gunnarson, 337
. "[a]t base, plaintiffs had a constitutionally protected right to record matters of public interest"); Channel 10, Inc. v. Gunnarson, 337
. "[a]t base, plaintiffs had a constitutionally protected right to record matters of public interest"); Channel 10, Inc. v. Gunnarson, 337
. "[a]t base, plaintiffs had a constitutionally protected right to record matters of public interest"); Channel 10, Inc. v. Gunnarson, 337
Handsome Technician Sexually Harassed Behind his back at Winchester Non-Profit
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF MALE AT WINCHESTER NON-PROFIT
breaking news
A Winchester non-profit has hired unprofessional and unqualified hacks who spent (or possibly still spend) COMPANY TIME on Facebook and Match.com rather than do the job they were hired to do.
For legal reasons the names of the alleged perpetrators and the victims are not being published at this time.
A good-looking fellow who allegedly has a girlfriend is needed to make repairs at a facility in Winchester, a professional who has proved to be polite, efficient and very necessary for the operation of the 501c3 non-profit.
Two of the employees made sexually-charged remarks about the individual, claiming that the fellow (the technician) had a crush on one of the employees with bragging about what the employee could "get out of " the man for Christmas.
WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT SIGNS POSTED AT THE HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE, the victim - most likely - has no idea that he is being perceived as a sexual object that the allegedly heterosexual harasser claimed he could "have" at any time.
Any women on the board of the directors of the entity should be horrified by this kind of sexually-charged talk by employees. Because all you have to do is reverse the situation and wonder if a fired employee, a woman, was the victim of "shop talk" over her tattoos or whatever at the hostile environment where seniors, children and people from all walks of life are supposed to be able to freely come and go without being demeaned by whisper campaigns and inappropriate sexual talk.
________________________________
That two staffers would imply that a technician has a "crush" on a staffer and giggle behind his back in front of a member or members that the staffer should come up with a big gift to get from the fellow for Christmas, the Beatles "Rock Band" was expensive back in the day and they were giggling like adolescents because they alleged the outside worker was in love with one of the staffers.
___________________________________
If they wanted to engage in juvenile behavior, why be so open about it that a member had to hear their loud and obnoxious discussions of a sexual nature - not only objectifying the fellow - but demeaning him that they felt he was drooling over the employee.
501c3's have a board of directors which, shockingly, the Executive Director of claimed recently, at an annual meeting, that he felt should be compared to other non-profits in Winchester. News flash to Executive Director - you don't find a hostile atmosphere at other non-profits in Winchester where a now ex-staffer brags a vitally important technician is "in love" with him and that the staffer could sexually surrender himself to the man and get all sorts of expensive items for Christmas if "only" the staffer were gay.
The staffer said that. That he would have better luck if he were gay and all the things he believed the technician would buy for him.
So members who pay a membership fee have to hear this garbage on a daily basis?
They even had a nickname for the employee's "office" where they said they could engage in this kind of "shop talk" in front of 14, 15 and 16 year old kids who were members of the station as well.
This is just one of many dirty, filthy incidents where paid employees did not do their job, refused to work, and spent the day and evenings in highly sexualized talk about both women and men. One member of the Winchester school committee had a vulgar term for testicles applied to the end of his name by one of the buffoons while the other buffoon allegedly broke an expensive piece of equipment (the staffer actually told this witness that he had dropped and cracked the item which I will not describe ...not when a picture's worth a thousand words and the board of directors knows exactly what I'm talking about here*) while, allegedly, the executive director covered for him and allegedly lied to the board of directors that the expensive piece of equipment had failed to work on its own.
*
Members of the community were deprived of the equipment, which this witness needed on a weekly basis, because some unqualified hack got the job because he was roommates with another staffer. Members are saddled with an individual who has no passion for the 501c3 and is only there to get a paycheck, much like the sloppy executive director who has a million excuses, tons of rhetoric and lip service, but who is in way over his head and coddled by members of the board of directors who have worn out their welcome, refuse to leave, and refuse to hear legitimate complaints about the dirty, filthy "shop talk" and sexually abusive tone that violates the law, violates the posted signs about workplace harassment, and are protected under the wing of a malicious woman who cares about her own rights, not the rights of unsuspecting members who sign up, pay money, and walk into the lion's den, or perhaps it is the den of the lioness.
Reporting this to you takes great courage because one of the buffoons on the board of directors will write a certified letter and say making the report that they failed to act on public is the "creation of a hostile atmosphere."
Got it, unsuspecting victims? If you report the hostile atmosphere supported, enabled and facilitated by the negligent board of directors, they will turn on you and slash your name with their vicious attack, calling YOU the person who has created the "hostile atmosphere" when you are only the messenger.
They kill the messenger at the Winchester non-profit. Don't you wish to God they had a prosecutor or attorney on the board of directors with the spine to clean the mess up and put public safety first?
Martha Coakley, where are you in our time of need?
Just ask Yubin, Molly, Erin and the girls what they would think about being used as objects of sexual conquest that the stud-in-his-own-mind staffer (who always complained openly he couldn't find a date) would snicker about to young high school teens...those teens told in no uncertain terms how many times the employee had sexual intercourse with them (the women noted above by their first names.)
How demeaning to women! How ugly for the polite and professional technician. How vulgar of the board of directors to coddle the perpetrator and his accomplice. The Winchester Police should seize the computers and hard drives and note how many times the staff were on Facebook and Match.com and seize the personal computer of the staffer before he wrecks the hard drive and throws it into the Atlantic ocean.
In a perfect world.
more information to follow...
EXHIBIT
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beatles-Rock-Band-Playstation-3/dp/B001TOMQRG/ref=pd_sxp_f_r
Rock Band exclusive line of instrument controllers (sold separately). Each member of The Beatles had a signature instrument(s) that became synonymous with them. Controllers available are precise replicas of those instruments and include:
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF MALE AT WINCHESTER NON-PROFIT
breaking news
A Winchester non-profit has hired unprofessional and unqualified hacks who spent (or possibly still spend) COMPANY TIME on Facebook and Match.com rather than do the job they were hired to do.
For legal reasons the names of the alleged perpetrators and the victims are not being published at this time.
A good-looking fellow who allegedly has a girlfriend is needed to make repairs at a facility in Winchester, a professional who has proved to be polite, efficient and very necessary for the operation of the 501c3 non-profit.
Two of the employees made sexually-charged remarks about the individual, claiming that the fellow (the technician) had a crush on one of the employees with bragging about what the employee could "get out of " the man for Christmas.
WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT SIGNS POSTED AT THE HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE, the victim - most likely - has no idea that he is being perceived as a sexual object that the allegedly heterosexual harasser claimed he could "have" at any time.
Any women on the board of the directors of the entity should be horrified by this kind of sexually-charged talk by employees. Because all you have to do is reverse the situation and wonder if a fired employee, a woman, was the victim of "shop talk" over her tattoos or whatever at the hostile environment where seniors, children and people from all walks of life are supposed to be able to freely come and go without being demeaned by whisper campaigns and inappropriate sexual talk.
________________________________
That two staffers would imply that a technician has a "crush" on a staffer and giggle behind his back in front of a member or members that the staffer should come up with a big gift to get from the fellow for Christmas, the Beatles "Rock Band" was expensive back in the day and they were giggling like adolescents because they alleged the outside worker was in love with one of the staffers.
___________________________________
If they wanted to engage in juvenile behavior, why be so open about it that a member had to hear their loud and obnoxious discussions of a sexual nature - not only objectifying the fellow - but demeaning him that they felt he was drooling over the employee.
501c3's have a board of directors which, shockingly, the Executive Director of claimed recently, at an annual meeting, that he felt should be compared to other non-profits in Winchester. News flash to Executive Director - you don't find a hostile atmosphere at other non-profits in Winchester where a now ex-staffer brags a vitally important technician is "in love" with him and that the staffer could sexually surrender himself to the man and get all sorts of expensive items for Christmas if "only" the staffer were gay.
The staffer said that. That he would have better luck if he were gay and all the things he believed the technician would buy for him.
So members who pay a membership fee have to hear this garbage on a daily basis?
They even had a nickname for the employee's "office" where they said they could engage in this kind of "shop talk" in front of 14, 15 and 16 year old kids who were members of the station as well.
This is just one of many dirty, filthy incidents where paid employees did not do their job, refused to work, and spent the day and evenings in highly sexualized talk about both women and men. One member of the Winchester school committee had a vulgar term for testicles applied to the end of his name by one of the buffoons while the other buffoon allegedly broke an expensive piece of equipment (the staffer actually told this witness that he had dropped and cracked the item which I will not describe ...not when a picture's worth a thousand words and the board of directors knows exactly what I'm talking about here*) while, allegedly, the executive director covered for him and allegedly lied to the board of directors that the expensive piece of equipment had failed to work on its own.
*
Members of the community were deprived of the equipment, which this witness needed on a weekly basis, because some unqualified hack got the job because he was roommates with another staffer. Members are saddled with an individual who has no passion for the 501c3 and is only there to get a paycheck, much like the sloppy executive director who has a million excuses, tons of rhetoric and lip service, but who is in way over his head and coddled by members of the board of directors who have worn out their welcome, refuse to leave, and refuse to hear legitimate complaints about the dirty, filthy "shop talk" and sexually abusive tone that violates the law, violates the posted signs about workplace harassment, and are protected under the wing of a malicious woman who cares about her own rights, not the rights of unsuspecting members who sign up, pay money, and walk into the lion's den, or perhaps it is the den of the lioness.
Reporting this to you takes great courage because one of the buffoons on the board of directors will write a certified letter and say making the report that they failed to act on public is the "creation of a hostile atmosphere."
Got it, unsuspecting victims? If you report the hostile atmosphere supported, enabled and facilitated by the negligent board of directors, they will turn on you and slash your name with their vicious attack, calling YOU the person who has created the "hostile atmosphere" when you are only the messenger.
They kill the messenger at the Winchester non-profit. Don't you wish to God they had a prosecutor or attorney on the board of directors with the spine to clean the mess up and put public safety first?
Martha Coakley, where are you in our time of need?
Just ask Yubin, Molly, Erin and the girls what they would think about being used as objects of sexual conquest that the stud-in-his-own-mind staffer (who always complained openly he couldn't find a date) would snicker about to young high school teens...those teens told in no uncertain terms how many times the employee had sexual intercourse with them (the women noted above by their first names.)
How demeaning to women! How ugly for the polite and professional technician. How vulgar of the board of directors to coddle the perpetrator and his accomplice. The Winchester Police should seize the computers and hard drives and note how many times the staff were on Facebook and Match.com and seize the personal computer of the staffer before he wrecks the hard drive and throws it into the Atlantic ocean.
In a perfect world.
more information to follow...
EXHIBIT
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beatles-Rock-Band-Playstation-3/dp/B001TOMQRG/ref=pd_sxp_f_r
Rock Band exclusive line of instrument controllers (sold separately). Each member of The Beatles had a signature instrument(s) that became synonymous with them. Controllers available are precise replicas of those instruments and include:
- John Lennon’s - Rickenbacker 325 guitar
- Sir Paul McCartney’s trademark - Höfner bass
- George Harrison’s - Gretsch Duo Jet guitar
- Ringo Starr’s - Drums with classic black oyster pearl finish and Ludwig-branded Beatles kick drum head
BILL COSBY WINXXXX COULD USE A MAN LIKE YOU!
LINE STOLEN FROM "RISKY BUSINESS" WHERE TOM CRUISE GETS INTO COLLEGE BY SETTING THE COLLEGE'S POINT MAN UP WITH A PROSTITUTE.
UNLIKE WINCHESTER, AT LEAST TOM CRUISE WAS SETTING THE PROSTITUTE UP WITH AN ADULT.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Anthony Gaimari Dedication: The Tubes
PUBLIC ACCESS ON THE FRITZ!!!
Anthony Gaimari: "What did you say about me?"
Editor: All due respect, Anthony, I said you weren't ready for prime time.
Anthony Gaimari, with a puzzled look on his face, asks me... "What's prime time?"
The Tubes, dedicated to Anthony Gaimari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm6HQDKzImQ
Hope your senior citizens and your kids have lots of patience if Anthony has to go through Google to teach them computers, the way Medford City Council President Paul A. Camuso allegedly has to read the Council rules at the podium, as it looked like on November 18, 2014. Heck, I taught Mr. Camuso about the Open Meeting law and taught Mr. Gaimari the definition of "prime time." I'm two for two with these hacks!
sadly, this is NOT a Parody
COPYRIGHT (C) 2014 INFORMATION CENTRAL
Anthony Gaimari: "What did you say about me?"
Editor: All due respect, Anthony, I said you weren't ready for prime time.
Anthony Gaimari, with a puzzled look on his face, asks me... "What's prime time?"
The Tubes, dedicated to Anthony Gaimari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm6HQDKzImQ
Hope your senior citizens and your kids have lots of patience if Anthony has to go through Google to teach them computers, the way Medford City Council President Paul A. Camuso allegedly has to read the Council rules at the podium, as it looked like on November 18, 2014. Heck, I taught Mr. Camuso about the Open Meeting law and taught Mr. Gaimari the definition of "prime time." I'm two for two with these hacks!
sadly, this is NOT a Parody
COPYRIGHT (C) 2014 INFORMATION CENTRAL
All Rights Reserved
Information Central
Your REAL EYE on Winchester tm
________________________________MEDFORD NON-PROFIT FOUND GUILTY 11/21/14
THESE NON-PROFITS THINK THEY ARE IMPERVIOUS TO INVESTIGATION.
WEST MEDFORD HILLSIDE LITTLE LEAGUE, STANLEY AND STEVEN KOMINS, FOUND GUILTY 11/21/14
http://northofboston.wickedlocal.com/article/20141121/NEWS/141128776/1997/?Start=1
WEST MEDFORD HILLSIDE LITTLE LEAGUE, STANLEY AND STEVEN KOMINS, FOUND GUILTY 11/21/14
http://northofboston.wickedlocal.com/article/20141121/NEWS/141128776/1997/?Start=1
The following day, on Nov.
2, 2011, the Board filed paperwork with the Secretary of State's office
in order to access the nonprofit’s bank account. Upon accessing the
bank account on November 2, the Board treasurer secured the bank
records, examined them, and called Board members to review them with her
immediately. The Board then contacted an accounting firm and informed
the Medford Police Department about suspected embezzlement.
Not a Parody, sadly, life is the parody
COPYRIGHT (C) 2014 INFORMATION CENTRAL
READ OUR COMPANION BLOG FOR THE GORY DETAILS ON HOW POORLY THAT SITUATION WAS RUN.
____________________________________________
Anthony Gaimari: "What did you say about me?"
Editor: All due respect, Anthony, I said you weren't ready for prime time.
Anthony Gaimari, with a puzzled look on his face, asks me... "What's prime time?"
The Tubes, dedicated to Anthony Gaimari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm6HQDKzImQ
Not a Parody, sadly, life is the parody
COPYRIGHT (C) 2014 INFORMATION CENTRAL
All Rights Reserved
Information Central
Your REAL EYE on Winchester tm
________________________________ ALL NON-PROFITS MUST BE SCRUTINIZED EVERY YEAR. NEXT UP ON THE DOCKET, OF COURSE, ARE THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS FILED ON ANOTHER NON-PROFIT IN MEDFORD, THE PUBLIC ACCESS TV STATION.READ OUR COMPANION BLOG FOR THE GORY DETAILS ON HOW POORLY THAT SITUATION WAS RUN.
____________________________________________
Anthony Gaimari: "What did you say about me?"
Editor: All due respect, Anthony, I said you weren't ready for prime time.
Anthony Gaimari, with a puzzled look on his face, asks me... "What's prime time?"
The Tubes, dedicated to Anthony Gaimari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm6HQDKzImQ
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Is your TV acting suspiciously?
Too funny!
STOW – At 9:26 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, a resident reported she was watching a TV program and there was a flashing news bar on the screen that had nothing to do with the program. The caller was advised it was a TV ad. More Stow police news on Wicked Local
A Safe Environment for Members
Non-profits are obligated to provide a safe environment for members, one that allows for free expression without rumors, innuendo and smear tactics aimed at members in good standing who work hard to benefit the community.
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When an organization praises an individual as the member with the best productions that year, and then allows unqualified individuals to bully and harass the person, perhaps out of jealousy, the organization has a solemn duty to protect the person they praised who faces limited participation because an alleged employee is angry that someone is gifted and has talent.
_________________________________________________________________________
In Medford the city lawyer noted that a (now dissolving ) non-profit was acting as if it were in "Havana." Any board member not "getting with the program" of a group dubbed allegedly by one adviser to the board "the entrenched cronies" was smeared and humiliated.
One member - who left of his own volition - stood up for all citizens. Now the Attorney General's office referenced in a written document, a response to a public records request - that "law enforcement" is involved.
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The non-profit is dissolving after a victim went to the police with charges of racism.
There were other allegations of gay bashing and harassment by board members. That entity is still in the process of dissolving, but what does it say about a community when people are pressured into not being able to express themselves without the threat of retaliation, bullying or loss of privileges?
To be continued
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When an organization praises an individual as the member with the best productions that year, and then allows unqualified individuals to bully and harass the person, perhaps out of jealousy, the organization has a solemn duty to protect the person they praised who faces limited participation because an alleged employee is angry that someone is gifted and has talent.
_________________________________________________________________________
In Medford the city lawyer noted that a (now dissolving ) non-profit was acting as if it were in "Havana." Any board member not "getting with the program" of a group dubbed allegedly by one adviser to the board "the entrenched cronies" was smeared and humiliated.
One member - who left of his own volition - stood up for all citizens. Now the Attorney General's office referenced in a written document, a response to a public records request - that "law enforcement" is involved.
___________________________________
The non-profit is dissolving after a victim went to the police with charges of racism.
There were other allegations of gay bashing and harassment by board members. That entity is still in the process of dissolving, but what does it say about a community when people are pressured into not being able to express themselves without the threat of retaliation, bullying or loss of privileges?
To be continued
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Public Access TV Accounting Records
We applaud Wakefield and Malden access TV stations for being forthright and having issued documents with the financial records.
We urge all non-profits to do the same.
If your non-profit doesn't release an annual report to the members and citizens and make it available, kindly ask them why.
There is currently an investigation of a non-profit in Massachusetts that allegedly is "dissolving." The information they gave the city appears to be lacking. The AG's office claims that "law enforcement" is involved.
BREAKING NEWS
ALLEGEDLY THE STANLEY KOMINS CASE IS GOING TO TRIAL, POSSIBLY WENT ON TRIAL 11/19/14.
WHEN INFORMATION ABOUT THAT MEDFORD NON-PROFIT IS AVAILABLE,
IT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON BOTH SITES
We urge all non-profits to do the same.
If your non-profit doesn't release an annual report to the members and citizens and make it available, kindly ask them why.
There is currently an investigation of a non-profit in Massachusetts that allegedly is "dissolving." The information they gave the city appears to be lacking. The AG's office claims that "law enforcement" is involved.
BREAKING NEWS
ALLEGEDLY THE STANLEY KOMINS CASE IS GOING TO TRIAL, POSSIBLY WENT ON TRIAL 11/19/14.
WHEN INFORMATION ABOUT THAT MEDFORD NON-PROFIT IS AVAILABLE,
IT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON BOTH SITES
Stanley Komins – American Swindlers
www.americanswindlers.com/former-little-league.../stanley-komins/Jan 5, 2013 - Stephen Komins, 45, of Stoneham and his father Stanley, 78, also of Stoneham listen to the judge during their arraignment at Somerville District ...Father, son arraigned in Little League theft case
www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/.../story.htmlJan 5, 2013 - David Sokol/Pool. Stephen Komins and his father, Stanley, appeared before a judge Friday in Somerville District Court. The amount of money ...
The Boston GlobeGiovino: Little League Scandal New Black Eye for City ...
insidemedford.com/.../giovino-little-league-charges-new-black-eye-for-c...Jan 4, 2013 - Reached by phone Thursday, Stanley Komins said he was unaware of the charges. “I don't ... Judge Neil Walker set a trial date for Friday, Feb.West Medford Little League Officials Arraigned on Larceny ...
middlesexda.com/news/press-release.php?reference=711Jan 4, 2013 - Stanley Komins, 78, of Stoneham was arraigned in Somerville District ... next scheduled court date is February 8, 2013 for a pre-trial hearing.CBS Boston » Embezzlement
boston.cbslocal.com/tag/embezzlement/feed/Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for Monday, May 6 at 9:30 a.m. in ... The Middlesex District Attorney's Office said Stanley Komins would write checks ...
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PLANNING A NEW TV SHOW ON
WHISTLEBLOWERS AND RETALIATION
HERE'S SOME RESEARCH:
Whistleblower Protection Policies
When Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, following the scandalous behavior of corporate America, it included two provisions that also apply to nonprofits. Federal law prohibits all corporations, including nonprofits, from retaliating against employees who “blow the whistle” on their employer’s accounting practices. Additionally, over 45 different states have enacted laws to protect whistleblowers from retaliation at the workplace. Consequently, having a good internal process for addressing complaints including a whistleblower
protection/anti-retaliation policy can help your organization protect itself from the risk of violating state and federal laws that afford
protections to whistleblowers, and can help ensure that if there is a problem it will be investigated and fixed.
http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/resources/resources-topic/boards-governance/whistleblower-protection-policies
- See more at:
http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/resources/resources-topic/boards-governance/whistleblower-protection-policies#sthash.qxizraPh.dpuf
- See more at:
http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/resources/resources-topic/boards-governance/whistleblower-protection-policies#sthash.qxizraPh.dpuf
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter270/Section22
_________________________________
By: Thomas Paschos
Thomas Paschos & Associates, P.C.
Haddonfield, New Jersey
In Brown v. J. Kaz Inc., d/b/a Craftmatic of Pittsburgh, — F.3d —, 2009 WL 2903348 (C.A. 3 (Pa.) 2009), Plaintiff Kimberly Brown brought an action against Defendant Craftmatic, charging violations of Section 1981, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, alleging discrimination based upon her race, including claims of disparate treatment, hostile work environment and relation.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissed all claims, finding that Plaintiff was an independent contractor at the time of the alleged discrimination and retaliation, and was therefore not protected by those Acts. The Third Circuit, in this case of first impression, ruled that Plaintiff could bring a claim for discrimination under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act, finding that the protections there under extend beyond employees to independent contractors.
http://www.primerus.com/business-law-news/protection-from-discrimination-and-retaliation-provided-by-civil-rights-act-extends-beyond-employees-to-independent-contractors.htm
An Employee Invokes The Rights Provided Under The FMLA, Not At The Time That The Leave Begins, But At The Time Leave Is Requested, Thus Entitling An Employee To Bring A Claim For Retaliation And/Or Interference If Terminated Prior to Commencement Of The Actual FMLA Leave.
____________________________________________________________________
PLANNING A NEW TV SHOW ON
WHISTLEBLOWERS AND RETALIATION
HERE'S SOME RESEARCH:
Whistleblower Protection Policies
When Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, following the scandalous behavior of corporate America, it included two provisions that also apply to nonprofits. Federal law prohibits all corporations, including nonprofits, from retaliating against employees who “blow the whistle” on their employer’s accounting practices. Additionally, over 45 different states have enacted laws to protect whistleblowers from retaliation at the workplace. Consequently, having a good internal process for addressing complaints including a whistleblower
protection/anti-retaliation policy can help your organization protect itself from the risk of violating state and federal laws that afford
protections to whistleblowers, and can help ensure that if there is a problem it will be investigated and fixed.
http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/resources/resources-topic/boards-governance/whistleblower-protection-policies
Whistleblower Protection Policies
When Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, following
the scandalous behavior of corporate America, it included two provisions
that also apply to nonprofits. Federal law prohibits all corporations,
including nonprofits, from retaliating against employees who “blow the
whistle” on their employer’s accounting practices. Additionally, over 45
different states have enacted laws to protect whistleblowers from
retaliation at the workplace. Consequently, having a good internal
process for addressing complaints including a whistleblower
protection/anti-retaliation policy can help your organization protect
itself from the risk of violating state and federal laws that afford
protections to whistleblowers, and can help ensure that if there is a problem it will be investigated and fixed.
Even organizations that do not have paid staff should also put a whistleblower protection policy in place to encourage people to bring their concerns forward without fear of retaliation. Organizations that encourage complaints by having an “open door” policy and have a standard of “no retaliation” for raising concerns are considered more transparent. These organizations will be in a better position to address all concerns, whether they are about fraudulent accounting practices, unsafe conditions, or alleged discrimination.
Even organizations that do not have paid staff should also put a whistleblower protection policy in place to encourage people to bring their concerns forward without fear of retaliation. Organizations that encourage complaints by having an “open door” policy and have a standard of “no retaliation” for raising concerns are considered more transparent. These organizations will be in a better position to address all concerns, whether they are about fraudulent accounting practices, unsafe conditions, or alleged discrimination.
Whistleblower Protection Policies
When Congress enacted the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, following
the scandalous behavior of corporate America, it included two provisions
that also apply to nonprofits. Federal law prohibits all corporations,
including nonprofits, from retaliating against employees who “blow the
whistle” on their employer’s accounting practices. Additionally, over 45
different states have enacted laws to protect whistleblowers from
retaliation at the workplace. Consequently, having a good internal
process for addressing complaints including a whistleblower
protection/anti-retaliation policy can help your organization protect
itself from the risk of violating state and federal laws that afford
protections to whistleblowers, and can help ensure that if there is a problem it will be investigated and fixed.
Even organizations that do not have paid staff should also put a whistleblower protection policy in place to encourage people to bring their concerns forward without fear of retaliation. Organizations that encourage complaints by having an “open door” policy and have a standard of “no retaliation” for raising concerns are considered more transparent. These organizations will be in a better position to address all concerns, whether they are about fraudulent accounting practices, unsafe conditions, or alleged discrimination.
Even organizations that do not have paid staff should also put a whistleblower protection policy in place to encourage people to bring their concerns forward without fear of retaliation. Organizations that encourage complaints by having an “open door” policy and have a standard of “no retaliation” for raising concerns are considered more transparent. These organizations will be in a better position to address all concerns, whether they are about fraudulent accounting practices, unsafe conditions, or alleged discrimination.
General Laws: CHAPTER 270, Section 22
https://malegislature.gov/laws/.../section22A person who is a contract employee, temporary employee, or independent .... of this section shall not discriminate or retaliate in any manner against a person ...
Massachusetts General Court
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter270/Section22
_________________________________
Protection from Discrimination and Retaliation Provided by Civil Rights Act Extends Beyond Employees to Independent Contractors
Thomas Paschos & Associates, P.C.
Haddonfield, New Jersey
In Brown v. J. Kaz Inc., d/b/a Craftmatic of Pittsburgh, — F.3d —, 2009 WL 2903348 (C.A. 3 (Pa.) 2009), Plaintiff Kimberly Brown brought an action against Defendant Craftmatic, charging violations of Section 1981, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, alleging discrimination based upon her race, including claims of disparate treatment, hostile work environment and relation.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissed all claims, finding that Plaintiff was an independent contractor at the time of the alleged discrimination and retaliation, and was therefore not protected by those Acts. The Third Circuit, in this case of first impression, ruled that Plaintiff could bring a claim for discrimination under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act, finding that the protections there under extend beyond employees to independent contractors.
http://www.primerus.com/business-law-news/protection-from-discrimination-and-retaliation-provided-by-civil-rights-act-extends-beyond-employees-to-independent-contractors.htm
An Employee Invokes The Rights Provided Under The FMLA, Not At The Time That The Leave Begins, But At The Time Leave Is Requested, Thus Entitling An Employee To Bring A Claim For Retaliation And/Or Interference If Terminated Prior to Commencement Of The Actual FMLA Leave.
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Washington Court of Appeals Holds Independent ...
www.stoelrivesworldofemployment.com › States › WashingtonAug 12, 2014 - Washington Court of Appeals Holds Independent Contractors Are Protected from Retaliation by the Washington Law Against Discrimination.
Employee's Private Right to Sue - Mass.Gov
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MassachusettsMassachusetts Commission Against ... - Mass.Gov
www.mass.gov/mcad/forEmployers.htmlThe term "employee" does not include independent contractors. ... Fair Employment Practices Law: The term "Fair Employment Practices Law" refers to M.G.L. c. ... age, criminal record, handicap (disability), mental illness, retaliation, sexual ...
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Unfair Employment Practices | Litigation Trial Lawyer
www.litigationtriallawyer.com/unfair-employment-practices.htmlSuch acts violate, for example M.G.L c. ... An employer may not retaliate against a worker based upon the defendants concern that they were ... Being misclassified by your employer as an independent contractor as opposed to an employee; ...
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Two new members of the WinCAM Board
Congratulations to the two new board members of WinCAM
Margo Attaya
Question:
Why, when you do a corporate search on
WinCAM, does President Melodie Wing's Home Address come up for the corporation on the front page?
This is exactly what soon-to-be-defunct "President" Frank Pilleri did at TV3 Medford
Ruba H. Gnanaratnam
Question:
Why, when you do a corporate search on
WinCAM, does President Melodie Wing's Home Address come up for the corporation on the front page?
This is exactly what soon-to-be-defunct "President" Frank Pilleri did at TV3 Medford
| PRESIDENT | MELODIE A. WING | 189 MYSTIC VALLEY PARKWAY WINCHESTER, MA 01890 USA | 11-01-2015 |
| TREASURER | ALLAN J. EYDEN | 20 WAGON WHEEL ROAD WINCHESTER, MA 01890 USA | 11-01-2014 |
| CLERK | PETER D. PONGRATZ | 55 CHESTER STREET WINCHESTER, MA 01890 USA | 11-01-2016 |
| DIRECTOR | MICHAEL H. SHINDELMAN | 14 WILDWOOD STREET WINCHESTER, MA 01890 USA | 11-01-2015 |
| DIRECTOR | LINDA J. DOUCETTE | UNIT 303, CROSS STREET WINCHESTER, MA 01890 USA | 11-01-2016 |
| DIRECTOR | GILLIAN E. PEARSON | 98 THORNBERRY ROAD WINCHESTER, MA 01890 USA | 11-01-2016 |
Winchester Community Access and Media
32 Swanton St
Winchester, MA 01890
Dear Mr. Ayden,
Term limits have
been installed at WinCAM. Looking at the Articles of
Organization on Secretary of State Galvin's Corporate Data Base it notes
that you have been on the board since the Corporation's inception,
November 11, 2000. Since your term has expired and we members
did
not vote for it to be renewed, please tell this member in good standing
when you are stepping down, now that term limits have been installed.
Staying
onboard, voting for your own "term limits" when you have been on a
publicly funded non-profit for 14 years, is not term limits.
The first time I see Melodie Wing's name is as secretary / clerk dated November 1, 2004
Correct this data if it is wrong, please.
I see Michael Shindelman and Peter Pongratz on the Corporate site
dated filing for November 1, 2010.
Given the term limits that are now in place, and how crop rotation is
essential in good farming, for the health of WinCAM the board
should
consist of
Linda Doucette
Jill Pearson
Margo Attaya
Ruba H. Gnanaratnam
When Deval Patrick stepped down Charlie Baker began his transition team. It is stunning that Allen Ayden has been on for 14 years with Melodie Wing on for ten years. The problems at Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. became scarier for the members when the Board of Directors was dubbed the "entrenched cronies" and the hostilities - false accusations on Dr. William Wood and his wife, bullying Pat Fiorello and his wife (both dead; at least Pat's death hastened by frivolous litigation against him by a member of the board and the station manager...sound familiar?) WinCAM's hostile attacks on members, not seeing Marcia Brown at the meeting last nigh and the other members I listed on a previous e mail, along with Lydia, Dan Houlihan, Susan Guild, John Shawcross, Jeff Dearman, Robert Gotham, James Ravenscroft III - the turnover is much, much too great for David Gauthier, Exec Director, to say with a straight face there's 23 or 26 percent more members...AFTER they disposed of non-residents ...possibly six or seven members, and there are people who wanted to join who never got a call back in August. Having paid a membership and to hear vague numbers is downright deceptive. Some may consider it dishonest. The now defunct TV3 Medford had a Vice President who lives right near Attorney General Martha Coakley. Along with cussing filthy words at people at the City Council that individual did exactly what David Gauthier did : We have 130 percent new members, we have 300 percent more programming, all foolish rhetoric that ended up in the corporation forced to shutter thanks to the Issuing Authority, Mayor McGlynn, being held accountable when McGlynn had phony meetings at pizza parlors so his interaction with TV3 never got on the public record. I filed Public Records Requests and the City Solicitor couldn't give me any documents from the TV3/Mayor meetings at Bocelli's and Pizzeria Regina. That's how business is conducted in Medford. Does Winchester want to go down this slippery slope? News flash to Winchester, the failure of the Selectmen to show up at the Annual Meeting as McGlynn failed to keep an eye on Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. is the Selectmen being negligent familiar?) One member of WinCAM wrote on the condition of anonymity "I feel like they (Dave G and co) are just using the job to relax and have fun all day, not get serious about getting members. etc." Couldn't agree more. And how much programming is being generated by the members who showed up last night compared to the members who are no longer creating content at WinCAM? My show has not taped a live show since May, over six months have elapsed and the board of directors cannot connect to Verizon and Comcast for a live feed? This happened somewhere else too...this happened when MCC TV3 Medford moved to Riverside Ave with no connectivity. This is not fair. We are just seeking fairness. The four new members of the board should take over; six more new faces need to be on the board, Mr. Shindelman, Mr. Pongratz, Mr. Ayden and Ms. Wing need to step down as it has become in the eyes of this member a serious conflict of interest. "My board moves too slow" Melodie Wing said to me. Melodie, Frank Pilleri also controlled his board and considered it his. The minute you say something like that, which you said to me Attorney Wing, is when you are no longer on the slippery slope. You've already slipped and a decade means you have shaped WinCAM as your own personal sandbox, just as Frank Pilleri did in Medford. The Public Charities Division of the AG's office is CC'd. They recently informed me via public records request that "law enforcement" is now involved in the Medford Community Cablevision, Inc. fiasco. WinCAM has treated this member and other members with hostility. False accusations, erased programming, bullying...just like TV3 Medford. It is unacceptable and the Selectmen have an OBLIGATION to the Community to fix it. I will invest a lot of time and energy into this problem until the Town of Winchester has a fully functional access station that serves the community and not the whims of entrenched board members and a rookie Executive Director, so help me God. |
Friday, November 7, 2014
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Does your public access station have someone with little knowledge paid by cable TV subscribers to be a Napolean? Is your public access computer frozen because the wicked witch's not-ready-for-prime-time protege can't find the answer on GOOGLE! Unfreeze those computers now. Use the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to speak up about injustice!
Get WinCLEAN! Guaranteed to clean up your public access station!
Saw this commercial during Perry Mason last night. Fell off the chair!
Please note: *WinCLEAN has no affiliation with *WingCAM- and we have proof! WingCAM erases your hard work and honest efforts, while WinCLEANER actually works for the money you pay!!!
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ONE CLICK GETS THE WICKED WITCH ON HIS BROOMSTICK AND BACK WHERE HE CAME FROM, QUICKER THAN A BUCKET OF WATER IN THE WIZARD OF OZ!
Anthony Gaimari: "What did you say about me?"
Editor: All due respect, Anthony, I said you weren't ready for prime time.
Anthony Gaimari, with a puzzled look on his face, asks me... "What's prime time?"
The Tubes, dedicated to Anthony Gaimari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm6HQDKzImQ
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