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Piolin Is Accused Of Sexual Harassment & Falsifying letters

If Cortez was the victim of "physical, emotional and sexual harassment" over a three-year period ending last winter, why did he wait until April 16 to have his attorney make the charges in a letter to Univision? Better yet, why didn't he come forward with the accusations while the alleged harassment was going on? Priests, politicians, coaches, military officers. school teachers, disc jockeys---there are way too many similar stories in the news.

And no easy solutions.
 
sounds like standard operating procedures for major market show support staff.they've always been in a little bubble for the Air Staff, always the whipping children.
 
Piolin meanwhile, says he is considering offers to run for Mayor of San Diego or New York.
 
I don't know how these things don't get resolved in a professional manner. If a staffer is being harassed by the program's host, couldn't he set up a hidden camera, go to the general manager with the video, maybe with an attorney at his side? Isn't his station unionized? Can't they represent him before the problem gets out of hand?

This is 2013. It doesn't matter if it's a woman or a man. There are easier ways to deal with this than in the Mad Men era. Do people who are sexually harassed feel like they can't get support, that they're helpless victims? And once revealed, does Univision have to cancel the show? They can't come up with a fair agreement on all sides? Cortez waits three years to complain? Then hits Piolin and Univision with a giant lawsuit? Don't attractive women, frequently in their professional lives, know how to fend off the advances from a boss without it causing a big uproar?

Nobody looks good from this foolishness.
 
Gregg said:
I don't know how these things don't get resolved in a professional manner. If a staffer is being harassed by the program's host, couldn't he set up a hidden camera, go to the general manager with the video, maybe with an attorney at his side? Isn't his station unionized? Can't they represent him before the problem gets out of hand?

This is 2013. It doesn't matter if it's a woman or a man. There are easier ways to deal with this than in the Mad Men era. Do people who are sexually harassed feel like they can't get support, that they're helpless victims? And once revealed, does Univision have to cancel the show? They can't come up with a fair agreement on all sides? Cortez waits three years to complain? Then hits Piolin and Univision with a giant lawsuit? Don't attractive women, frequently in their professional lives, know how to fend off the advances from a boss without it causing a big uproar?

Nobody looks good from this foolishness.
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The answer to all of this is: While it is 2013, it is still very intimidating to challenge your boss or a "star" talent and the victim really needs to have some big guns on their side before they take that risky step forward, otherwise management will shoot them down. And, woman should not have to learn how to "fend off the advances" - it's totally the aggressor's responsibility to not make them. We don't ask shooting victims why they didn't learn to fend off bullets or tell potential robbery victims to never have money on their person. Victims of such harassment have every right to cause a big uproar.
 
radio-darn said:
The answer to all of this is: While it is 2013, it is still very intimidating to challenge your boss or a "star" talent and the victim really needs to have some big guns on their side before they take that risky step forward, otherwise management will shoot them down. And, woman should not have to learn how to "fend off the advances" - it's totally the aggressor's responsibility to not make them. We don't ask shooting victims why they didn't learn to fend off bullets or tell potential robbery victims to never have money on their person. Victims of such harassment have every right to cause a big uproar.
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You hit the nail right dead center on the head. I know nothing about this particular case, but after 40 years in the business I do have a bit of institutional knowledge with how "Star Talent" is treated. From a business standpoint, offenses that would land a lesser individual in front of HR are in general routinely swept aside when it involves a stations "Cash Cow".

I have worked in situations where the "star" could literally crap on the GM's desk and the event would be laughed off with a "boys will be boys" remark. When lesser players in the building see things like this they are extremely hesitant to bring their problems to management and/or HR which by the way, is a textbook definition of a "Hostile Work Environment"...

But there comes a point where an individual can't take it any longer and seeks legal redress...Bottom line, there is and always has been two sets of rules for employees, the standards for the "Star" talent, and the standards for everyone else..
 
>>>Woman should not have to learn how to "fend off the advances" - it's totally the aggressor's responsibility to not make them. We don't ask shooting victims why they didn't learn to fend off bullets or tell potential robbery victims to never have money on their person. Victims of such harassment have every right to cause a big uproar.<<<

I'm not advocating bosses harass women. I'm simply saying that in everyday life, an attractive woman knows how to defuse most men who hit on her. She knows how to put a man jokingly in his place and let him know she's not interested without it getting out of hand.

We don't know the details of Piolin vs. Cortez. And yes, I know a staffer on a morning radio show would have a hard time calling out the star. But that's why we have unions, that's why we have hidden cameras and general managers. Is Piolin so stupid as to risk his big paycheck on someone who's not interested and who won't be intimidated? And Cortez is not a secretary. He's heard on the air and has a significant role on the show.

I'm not blaming the victim. Piolin should not force himself on anyone. But I am saying the victim could have handled this better, letting it go on for years apparently, then filing a big money lawsuit against Piolin and Univision that forced the cancellation of the show. And including saying that Piolin (and maybe Univision) stuffed the mailbox on an immigration bill, something totally unrelated to the harassment. It looks bad for everyone concerned, including Cortez.
 
Gregg said:
I'm simply saying that in everyday life, an attractive woman knows how to defuse most men who hit on her. She knows how to put a man jokingly in his place and let him know she's not interested without it getting out of hand.
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The bottom line, "the attractive woman" shouldn't ever have to address this situation at WORK...PERIOD.
As a father of three daughters I have a STRONG opinion on this..you say the woman should "put a man jokingly in his place".
WRONG, she should put a knee in the SOB's Nads to modify his level of respect. You know it's funny how some guys seem to think (maybe they're not thinking) that it is open season on female coworkers, but they are "horrified" at the mere thought of a male coworker hitting on them.. It's the same lack of respect either way.
Work is NOT any male's or female's "hunting ground" it is WORK. It is everyone's right, to be able to go out and make a living in the workplace and not have to deal with this type of harassment. This is something FAR TOO MANY people can not get into their heads.
 
And today a ninth woman has come forward to charge the San Diego Mayor of harassment. Maybe Piolín and Bob Filner could team up and do a radio show together. Of course I'm not sure that the California Institution For Men prison in Chino even has a radio station.
 
Jay Walker said:
The bottom line, "the attractive woman" shouldn't ever have to address this situation at WORK...PERIOD.
As a father of three daughters I have a STRONG opinion on this..you say the woman should "put a man jokingly in his place".
WRONG, she should put a knee in the SOB's Nads to modify his level of respect. You know it's funny how some guys seem to think (maybe they're not thinking) that it is open season on female coworkers, but they are "horrified" at the mere thought of a male coworker hitting on them.. It's the same lack of respect either way.
Work is NOT any male's or female's "hunting ground" it is WORK. It is everyone's right, to be able to go out and make a living in the workplace and not have to deal with this type of harassment. This is something FAR TOO MANY people can not get into their heads.
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Bravo. As the father of four girls, I endorse your post!
 
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