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Iowa Senate GOP staffer claims she was fired for protesting sexual harassment; Dix aide issues strong denial
A former key staffer for the Iowa Senate Republican Caucus says she was fired on Friday, just hours after providing documentation of sexual harassment by male legislators and caucus staff members and asking for changes.
Kirsten Anderson, who had been communications director for the Senate Republican Caucus, told WHO-TV in an interview broadcast on Sunday that both male legislators and staffers routinely made inappropriate sexual remarks toward her and other women.
“When you go to the workplace, you should have a safe environment. Women especially should not have their body parts scrutinized, objectified. People should not be ridiculed or mocked for simply the color of their pants that they are wearing, and those sorts of things were taking place at the Capitol,” Anderson told WHO’s Dave Price.
A top assistant to Senate Republican Leader Bill Dix strongly denied Anderson’s allegations on Sunday. Dix aide Ed Failor Jr. said Anderson was terminated after failing to improve what he described as substandard work performance.
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Anderson, 34, had worked for the Iowa Senate GOP Caucus since 2008, and been the caucus communications director during the 2013 session. She had previously worked for nearly two years as a staff assistant to former U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond, a Missouri Republican, and worked for five years as executive director of the Iowa Architectural Foundation.
...http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/05/19/iowa-senate-gop-staffer-claims-she-was-fired-for-protesting-sexual-harassment-dix-aide-issues-strong-denial/article?nclick_check=1
A former key staffer for the Iowa Senate Republican Caucus says she was fired on Friday, just hours after providing documentation of sexual harassment by male legislators and caucus staff members and asking for changes.
Kirsten Anderson, who had been communications director for the Senate Republican Caucus, told WHO-TV in an interview broadcast on Sunday that both male legislators and staffers routinely made inappropriate sexual remarks toward her and other women.
“When you go to the workplace, you should have a safe environment. Women especially should not have their body parts scrutinized, objectified. People should not be ridiculed or mocked for simply the color of their pants that they are wearing, and those sorts of things were taking place at the Capitol,” Anderson told WHO’s Dave Price.
A top assistant to Senate Republican Leader Bill Dix strongly denied Anderson’s allegations on Sunday. Dix aide Ed Failor Jr. said Anderson was terminated after failing to improve what he described as substandard work performance.
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Anderson, 34, had worked for the Iowa Senate GOP Caucus since 2008, and been the caucus communications director during the 2013 session. She had previously worked for nearly two years as a staff assistant to former U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond, a Missouri Republican, and worked for five years as executive director of the Iowa Architectural Foundation.
...http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/05/19/iowa-senate-gop-staffer-claims-she-was-fired-for-protesting-sexual-harassment-dix-aide-issues-strong-denial/article?nclick_check=1
Also in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014487649
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Seriously - look at her previous positions. I find that excuse hard to believe. 
