In Louisiana, a former female news director claimed in an arbitration filing obtained by the Inquirer and Daily News that she was terminated after having filed a human-resources complaint when her male supervisor became extremely angry and lunged at her “in a fit of rage.” In Vermont, a vice president and general manger is being sued by a former employee who claims that rampant sexual harassment forced her to leave her job as a sales executive. Problems at other Nexstar stationsĪbc27 and WBRE aren’t the only Nexstar stations where allegations about sexual harassment and workplace misconduct have surfaced. “Everybody would describe him as the uncle you couldn’t take anywhere, because of his mouth, because of his behavior,” a female employee at the station said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because she fears repercussions at work. Bee led the Wilkes-Barre station from January 2012 to January 2017. A former employee and a current employee at NBC affiliate WBRE in Wilkes-Barre, which is also owned by Nexstar, said they heard Bee make similarly disparaging comments to and about female employees while he served as the station’s vice president and general manager. The alleged behavior also doesn’t appear to be limited to abc27. Posteraro has sought to attempt to align her complaint to the very serious issue of sexual harassment in the workplace through innuendo on social media and elsewhere,” Underwood said in the statement. > READ MORE: abc27 employees back up Flora Posteraro’s claims of harassment, retaliation Nextstar senior vice president and regional manager Theresa Underwood said in a statement in April that evidence gathered by the company in an investigation of employees’ allegations of gender discrimination and verbal harassment didn’t back up the workers’ claims. Nexstar’s legal team, Posteraro, and her lawyer, Charles Curley, all declined to comment. They have become a pattern of behavior here at abc27 that should not be tolerated.” In interviews, multiple former female employees said they experienced the abusive environment outlined in the complaints. According to the complaint, “these experiences have not been isolated. That filing came after Posteraro and four other employees had made an anonymous complaint to Nexstar’s human resources department. It further alleged that Bee gave preferential treatment to male anchors while installing a restrictive dress code for women, including banning sleeveless dresses due to their “flabby arms,” and called female anchors who defied his dress code “streetwalkers.” “We are fully committed to supporting fair and safe workplace environments.” Employees have backed Posteraro’s allegationsįormer abc27 anchor Flora Posteraro (left), seen her joking with former colleague Ali Lanyon, claims she was forced out of the station after complaining internally about misconduct by station manager Robert Bee.Īfter leaving the station, Posteraro filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, claiming Bee referred to a female anchor as a “fat pig” and used profanity to describe another. “Following recent allegations against ABC 27’s general manager, GIANT Food Stores has decided to temporarily suspend our advertising with the station until the matter is appropriately resolved,” GIANT said in a statement earlier this month. > READ MORE: Ex-Action News anchor Flora Posteraro claims harassment, retaliation in ouster from abc27 You’re talking multiple employees leaving an employer.” If it’s two people, it might just be their buddy. “In my opinion, for them to rectify the situation they would have to dismiss Bob Bee, and acknowledge the fact that these claims are legitimate,” said Mike Dorazio, the owner of Platinum Preowned. Four companies - Giant Food Stores, Faulkner Automotive Group, Platinum Preowned LLC and Capital Blue Cross - have all pulled their ads in response to the allegations about the work environment within the station. It’s not just employees who have fled the ABC affiliate. The station is now advertising a number of job openings on its website, including two multimedia journalists, and photojournalist, a meteorologist and an account executive. Most staffers who left were on-air personalities. Hilaire on Thursday, June 21, 2018Īnd Megan Frank, a reporter who once worked at WHYY and interned at the Inquirer and Daily News, announced her departure on Facebook in June by noting that women in journalism “should be uplifted and respected.” Frank has since deactivated her Facebook page. This is the longest post I’ve ever written it’s also the most important.As you may have heard, today was my last day…
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