Avakian: Oregon’s Legislative leaders allowed hostile work environment
Oregon’s outgoing labor commissioner alleges that top legislative officials have allowed a hostile work environment to fester at the state capitol.
Brad Avakian, a Democrat, filed a formal labor complaint Wednesday, Aug. 1, months after the rise of the #MeToo movement and an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against a state senator from Roseburg.
Avakian claims top legislative officials “have denied multiple individuals full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of the Capitol based on their sex, and that (Sen.) Jeff Kruse aided and abetted Respondents in these unlawful practices.”
Kruse resigned in March after an outside investigator found he repeatedly subjected women in the Capitol, including fellow lawmakers, to unwanted touching despite warnings from legislative officials to stop.
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