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Don't just watch our Democracy being dismantled, stay informed and do what you can to stop it.     No More Denial.  The Dismantling of Democracy is Underway I am not the first to notice or to say, that our democracy is under attack , but it is alarming how many people who should be saying it aren't saying it. Or maybe getting my news off ads on Instagram is not exhaustive. So, I found democracy docket, with Marc Elias of Perkins Coie (no hissing my plaintiff's attorneys brethren). They are tracking all of the lawsuits against Trump and his regime as well as almost everything else is this quickly evolving hellscape.  The goal isn’t fear. It’s clarity. The harms are real. Silence is dangerous. The choice to see clearly, and speak up is still ours. Talk to each other, reason things out, find credible sources of information and share them. Stand up for and with your neighbors.  Stay Strong, ~Nicole Gainey

Most people are unaware that statutory caps apply to damages available in Federal Court. These caps drastically limit the recovery that a plaintiff can receive from a winning lawsuit. To put it simply even if a jury awards Millions of dollars to a plaintiff that was discriminated against in the workplace, in most cases that plaintiff's recovery will be reduced to AT MOST $300,000. Why don't people know this? The media loves an exciting headline that sells the seemingly contradicting ideals that a) that David can beat Goliath - a single person we can speak truth to power and win against all odds and b) there is too much litigation, and people are just out to shake down corporations. Otherwise, headlines would look something like this: Jane Doe wins 127-million-dollar lawsuit against Acme Executive for Racism and Sexual Harassment BUT  Damages awarded will be reduced to the statutory limit of $300,000. Not exactly effective click bait.     But the truth, in this emplo...

  Learn where [the Organization] End Workplace Abuse has been, where we're going, and how you can help We know collaboration, strategy, action, and personal responsibility to the all-volunteer effort are what it will take to pass protections for workers to have psychological safety.  Collective action is the tool of social change. We've been working hard to bring about that change: Leaders in roughly 26 new states and cities are working to introduce the  Workplace Psychological Safety Act  in 2025. And they've been busy! Our Michigan team, led by Amanda Treppa, ran an event in Detroit to build awareness and get the attention of legislators ( Hill Harper of CSI: NY supported it! ). Our Washington, DC, team made the news not  once  but  twice  for the work of mother-daughter duo Kim and Cassi Williams. We'll announce new states and cities with a virtual rally in the new year. 🎉 We created two PSAs, spoke at seven HR conferences about the bill, appe...