Fifty-four million Americans report being bullied at work -- that's 37 percent of the workforce.
Workplace bullying is a public epidemic that is easily overlooked. It can include verbal abuse, offensive behaviors that are intimidating or humiliating, and sabotage that interferes with work. But it's not as easy to detect or rectify as bullying on the playground, especially when the bully holds a lot of power in the workplace and the victim's job may be at stake.
The recession also makes it harder to find a new job when bullying gets out of hand. And working with a bully in the office can be very taxing. Bullying is a form of psychological violence that can cause stress, depression and even suicide.
We cannot let this continue to affect hard-working and dedicated employees. Show your support and encourage your Governor to enact legislation that will protect employees from bullying in the workplace.
We took action on “End Workplace Bullying -- A Public Epidemic”!
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4:13 am PST, Nov 21,Joseph Nelson, Washington
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10:34 am PST, Nov 20,Llew Taylor, Pennsylvania
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4:33 am PST, Nov 20,Rachel Faber, New Jersey
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3:46 pm PST, Nov 19,Virginia Collins, California
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7:08 pm PST, Nov 18,Sarah Stirling, Massachusetts
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3:30 pm PST, Nov 18,Karisa Cotter, Arkansas
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5:33 am PST, Nov 18,Mike Cohn, Michigan
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4:07 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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3:28 pm PST, Nov 16,Michael Popovich, Jr., Arizona
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12:24 pm PST, Nov 15,Kenneth Knoppik, Florida
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9:27 am PST, Nov 15,Elizabeth O'Connor, Hawaii
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1:48 pm PST, Nov 14,Claudia Parks, California
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1:31 pm PST, Nov 14,Bridget Murray Law, Washington D.C.
Please help stop workplace bullying. It is harmful to Americans and their families and causes a huge loss of money nationwide.
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1:17 pm PST, Nov 14,Leslie Blanchard, Texas
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8:33 am PST, Nov 13,Theresia Cronan, California
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11:51 am PST, Nov 11,Anna Aiello, New York
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6:05 am PST, Nov 11,Marcia McLean, Massachusetts
Please do everything you can to support S.B. 699.
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1:51 pm PST, Nov 10,Donald Shaw, New York
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7:09 am PST, Nov 10,Christopher Carbone, New Jersey
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10:26 pm PST, Nov 9,Pam Boland, Georgia
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5:03 pm PST, Nov 9,Kyle Maziuk, Connecticut
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5:48 pm PST, Nov 8,Denise McLeod, Mississippi
Bullying has caused me to be very scared of people. I have actually started to withdraw from people because I don't trust them. I'm not sure if they will be abusive to me or not. I've been through so much bullying at the workplace and it's made me physically ill. I even had to go to the emergency room to get a prescription to relax me. The doctor gave me "volume". I've never taken it in my life. I have called Human Resource and they won't handle the problem. They keep calling my manager and reporting everything back to him. But he's the one who is doing all of the bullying with my supervisor.
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4:19 pm PST, Nov 8,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
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12:11 am PST, Nov 8,Miguel Dias, New York
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11:08 pm PST, Nov 7,FREYA HALL, Florida
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3:17 pm PST, Nov 7,Lydia Bisaillon, Massachusetts
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2:14 pm PST, Nov 7,Jaknel Garcia, Florida
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10:55 am PST, Nov 7,Name not displayed, California
Workplace bullying happens with women when they talk behind their hands and create an unfair perception, often entirely unjustified. It can be the result of female jealousy and competition. When they go to their male supervisors, the men do not understand this dynamic and blame the victim.
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9:50 am PST, Nov 7,Teresa Dismuke, Arizona
And to date, nothing is being done to stop it.
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4:40 pm PST, Nov 6,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
Please help stop the years of abuse that has been perpetrated by one state employee towards so many co-workers. This person has managed to instill fear into both management and her Union. She continues to lie about and attempt to destroy the reputations of good workers. She uses mass-emails as her weapon and carries on with impunity.
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9:37 am PST, Nov 6,Gloria VanDyke, Indiana
Please help me... I am about to lose my job because I try to stay away and hide to avoid confrontation from a co-worker that has been bulling me for over two years now. Please who can I get in touch with to help me. My work will not help because there is no concrete evidence that this person is doing what I am telling them.
Please Please help me... this has made me terribly sick. I need my job because I am 61 and have no one else but myself to help.
Thank you
Gloria VanDyke
gvd47150@insightbb.com
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5:04 am PST, Nov 6,Neal Jeffries, Florida
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3:51 pm PST, Nov 4,Chris McKay, Wisconsin
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1:16 am PST, Nov 4,Fran Cannon, California
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8:11 pm PST, Nov 3,Brian JP Craig, New Jersey
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7:44 am PST, Nov 2,Raquel Candanedo, Texas
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5:00 am PST, Nov 2,John Dalla, Nevada
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4:53 pm PST, Nov 1,Marissa Chiappetta, Florida
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2:35 pm PST, Nov 1,Jennifer Henderson, Florida
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7:11 pm PDT, Oct 31,Elaine Dixon, Florida
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10:50 am PDT, Oct 31,David Lyle, Texas
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7:07 am PDT, Oct 31,John F. Daum, Jr., New York
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4:58 am PDT, Oct 31,Sandra Laramy, Michigan
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11:43 am PDT, Oct 30,Kelly Cleveland, Colorado
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9:31 am PDT, Oct 30,Esther Cruz, Florida
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2:43 pm PDT, Oct 29,L Gols, Massachusetts
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10:28 am PDT, Oct 28,Dianne Miller, California
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5:53 am PDT, Oct 28,Karen Frank, New York
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12:53 am PDT, Oct 28,Brent Bartholomew, California
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9:13 pm PDT, Oct 27,Michael a Zmolek, Iowa
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9:01 pm PDT, Oct 27,Michelle Rice, Ohio
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5:49 pm PDT, Oct 27,Addys Delgado, Florida
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9:58 am PDT, Oct 26,Donna Smith, Florida
The effects of bullying are traumatic, long lasting, and effect many other lives for each targeted/bullied person.
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12:37 am PDT, Oct 26,Roger Panning, Ohio
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5:30 pm PDT, Oct 25,Marc Rubin, New Jersey
I've experienced this both in the corporate and private sectors, on numerous occasions. It is debilitating, frustrating, and definitely does effect morate and performance in a very negative way. There should be ways to deal with workplace bullying and sabotage that is real and provable, with penalties for the perpetrators that will force them to change their behavior.
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1:23 pm PDT, Oct 25,Hannah Raines, Tennessee
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9:26 am PDT, Oct 25,Tina Silver, New York
I have been personally severely bullied and threatened at work for the past three years. I have been employed with the same company for 21 years, but have missed considerable time due to the emotional trauma I am subject to from a coworker. Although my employer is a union and has procedures in place for safety, harassment and bullying is not one of them. This matter has escalated to the point of conferences and minor reprimands, but no procedures are in place to protect employees from vicious verbal bullying. I have been a powerless victim for three years, and can assure you it is extremely difficult to maintain my income through this employer, but necessary for income.
