Former employee sues, cites harassment

Former employee sues, cites harassment


thermotron .. counts on former employes to disguise


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Devil in Descize
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f/ Killah Priest, Shanghai the Messenger



Look beyond his colors, look beyond his skin
Look beyond the way he moves, look deep within
Look beyond his face, look beyond his smileI am warning you he's a Devil in Descize

Look beyond his riches, look beyond his fame

He's only using you for his own game
cuz anything he do, anything he say

you just can't trust, he's a Devil in Descize




He's a Devil in Descize, he's a Devil in Descize
He's a Devil in Descize.. *fades*



At THERMOTRon employee harassment was considered normal, and routine.. When thomas bannach was there..

he drummed out 90% of the employees.. ..

and as he said about dan deperdus... and others..

GEEeee I G U E S S HE WASN'T A S U V I V O R !!!

and Gregory V Johnson.. Bragged that he was thomas bannach's false wittness..


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Tony P. Welch says management did nothing when he informed them that five white male co-workers had repeatedly made racially discriminatory comments toward him.
Lindsey Nair

A former mail handler at Roanoke's main office branch has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Service, saying management did nothing when he informed them that co-workers and direct supervisors had repeatedly made racially discriminatory comments toward him.

Tony P. Welch, who worked at the main branch on Rutherford Avenue Northeast from 1996 until 2002, claims the harassment came at the hands of five white male co-workers -- the same men accused in an earlier lawsuit of harassing a female employee.

Among other things, Welch claims that the men referred to the 1998 dragging murder of a black man in Jasper, Texas, and asked him, "What if that were you behind that truck ... do you want to go on a Texas truck ride?"

The five men were not named in the lawsuit.

Service spokesman Bob Anderson said Friday that he was trying to locate the attorneys assigned to the Welch case. However, he said, "I'm sure they will make no comment on a pending case."

A call to the Roanoke office was forwarded to main branch supervisors, who did not call with a comment Friday.

The lawsuit filed last week claims Welch began to suffer harassment in the summer of 1998, shortly after a sexual and racial harassment complaint was brought against the post office by Deborah B. Freeman, a black female employee at the same branch.

Welch's complaint states that he was besieged "by the same group of white males" who were accused of harassing Freeman.

Had Freeman's case gone to trial, Welch would likely have been a witness, said Freeman's attorney, Elizabeth Dillon.

Freeman's $1.5 million lawsuit against the postal service ended with a $140,000 settlement and a promise that she would be made a window clerk at the Hollins branch post office, according to the memorandum of settlement.

After she was moved from the Hollins post office to another position, Freeman filed a breach of settlement complaint against the Service and is waiting for a judge's decision, Dillon said.

Freeman did not want to comment for this article because she is still involved in litigation.

Welch first filed a federal lawsuit in December 2004, saying he had been terminated from his job at the office for inappropriate reasons.

On Oct. 11, 2002, he was fired for being absent without leave. That lawsuit is still pending.

His Maryland attorney, Morris Fischer, said Thursday that he plans to file a motion to combine Welch's 2004 lawsuit with the one filed last week.

Welch claims in his latest complaint that he was subjected to racial jokes about ebonics and Oreo cookies.

He also claims that one of the white male co-workers yelled "I'm spooked!" when he walked past Welch, while another shook his genitals at him.

In addition, Welch says, supervisors made inappropriate remarks as well, calling him "boy," making references to sending him "back to the plantation" and telling him someone would "crack a whip across your back."

Welch also claims that his supervisors denied him a request for a long lunch to attend church one day.

Welch says the harassment eventually stressed him to the point that he became physically ill.


He claims he took repeated action during his employment with the post office, complaining to management, the union and the postal inspector's office.

In return, the lawsuit claims, Welch was threatened by managers or told they could do nothing about it, so he would have to file a grievance with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Welch did file numerous grievances with the EEOC, the suit states, and in August and November 2002, he had hearings before EEOC Administrative Judge David Norken.

Norken ruled in Welch's favor and ordered the post office to pay about $14,000 in lost wages, costs, litigation expenses and compensatory damages, according to the lawsuit.

Fischer, Welch's attorney, said he was encouraged by Norken's ruling but believes Welch is entitled to more than what the EEOC awarded him.

The amount "really is just not a lot of money at all for someone who went through the things that Tony went through," Fischer said.

Welch's complaint does not demand a specific dollar figure.

According to Welch's 2004 lawsuit, the harassment caused him to take about a week of sick leave, then 12 weeks of medical leave, then to request an additional six months of leave without pay.

The complaint states that a psychiatrist diagnosed Welch with post-traumatic stress disorder and migraines, among other things.

After the Service is served with a copy of Welch's latest lawsuit, it will have 60 days to file a response.
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Divide the truth from the lies,

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On Palm Sundays, no longer Mondays, I stay calm on Tuesdays
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