Alderwood water district staff emails add to 'toxic workplace' claims
LYNNWOOD — Alderwood Water and Wastewater District employees have complained that management is forcing them to work to the point of anguish, tears and physical pain, district records show.
The district’s human resources manager is among those who filed complaints about General Manager Dick McKinley this year. On May 19, she emailed an outside attorney hired by the district to handle whistleblower complaints, saying she faced retaliation from McKinley for cooperating with past investigations into complaints against him.
The district provided the email, along with other written complaints, to The Daily Herald in response to a records request.
The documents add to mounting claims of a “hostile” and “toxic” work environment under McKinley, whom the board hired in August 2020. This month, a district employee confronted the board of directors about these issues during a public meeting, underscoring a “culture of fear” among staff members.
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