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Dear futureworkers..here is some data from the
struggle at the company floor! Collected by Tim Field.
Best wishes
John Graversgaard
labour inspector
Aarhus, Denmark
Welcome to the August 2002 e-newsletter on bullying, harassment, stress and
related issues. Feel free to forward.
Consignia pays out for bullycide
Royal Mail accepts that postal
worker Jermaine Lee committed suicide because of bullying: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_2133000/2133486.stm
and http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=315976
HSE incident cost calculator
The UK health and Safety Executive is
pushing the message that incidents at work hit employers where it hurts - in the
wallet. The pages at http://www.hse.gov.uk/costs/index.asp
enable you to cost an incident at work and although bullying isn't mentioned,
the principle is the same.
Mediation the wrong solution for bullying
Progress is being made in
Australia in recognising the destruction caused by bullying: http://workers.labor.net.au/145/c_historicalfeature_bully.html
Germany picking up on mobbing
Following news last month of a clinic
in Saarbrucken which treats targets suffering Complex PTSD, mobbing is gaining
more attention in Germany: http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2002/07/24/eline/links/20020724elin036.html
European week on stress
... runs from 14-18 October 2002: http://osha.eu.int/ew2002/
MoD to investigate suspicious suicides
...amid claims that bullying
and sexual harassment was rife at barracks: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_2097000/2097400.stm
Is your boss a psychopath?
Mad, bad and dangerous to know. They're
glib, superficial, remorseless and they're sitting at a desk near you: http://www.up-mag.com/themag/up_archive/issue1/themag/feature4.htm
New Zealand jails rife with bullying
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyID=2043154
Longs hours and heart attacks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_2118000/2118117.stm
UK lags behind on discrimination
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_2122000/2122094.stm
Legislation likely to make things harder for targets
The UK
government is trying to encourage settlement of employment disputes in the
workplace with a view to reducing pressure on the employment tribunal system: http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/individual/et.htm
and http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/employ/index.htm
Councils accused of bullying and intimidation
UK councils have been
accused of widespread intimidation of workers ahead of a planned national strike
by 1.2 million staff: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_2127000/2127823.stm
Bullied worker fears action over website
Swindon (UK) social
services worker Deborah Rees fears retaliation but coucil chief resigns after a
damning government report on education plus a ~3m social services overspend: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2167932.stm
and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2176386.stm
Ripon Cathedral dean refuses to go
http://www.ypn.co.uk/ed/front/473088
Lincoln Cathedral staff feel "bullied"
http://ypn.co.uk/scripts/editorial2.cgi?cid=news&aid=478339
and http://ypn.co.uk/ed/news/478878/1,1,page.html
Firms get tough on email abuse
HP sacks and suspends workers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2134000/2134417.stm
Is psychiatric injury a legally-recognised disability?
The UK
Disability Rights Commission is undertaking a Legislative Review with a
questionnaire they want filled in during the consultation period which ends on
16th August 2002. See the section titled Legislative
Review Consultation at http://www.drc-gb.org/drc/InformationAndLegislation/InformationAndLegislationMenu.asp
UK government to consider special rape prosecutors
Targets of
bullying will recognise the prosecute-the-victim mindset that infests the legal
system in rape cases. In the UK one in twenty women have been raped and of the 1
in 5 who report it to the police, many later regret taking legal action: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2146077.stm
Scotland calls to change rape prosecutions
Seventeen-year-old rape
victim Lindsay Anderson committed suicide after being cross-examined in a manner
which was worse than the original rape (a scenario familiar to targets of
bullying and harassment): http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_2137000/2137987.stm
and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2184457.stm
How to deal with a bully at work
Case #50 demonstrates the role of
power in bullying: http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/bully/case50.htm
Suggested reading
These two books reveal the devastation caused by
a psychopath in the family:
Everything she ever wanted by Ann
Rule
Nutcracker: murder, money, madness: a family album by Shana
Alexander
Genetic link to antisocial behaviour?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2165715.stm
Tim Field in Australia
I'm speaking at a conference and giving
seminars in Emerald and Brisbane, Queensland, at the end of August. Details at
http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/bully/conf.htm#Emerald
SCHOOL BULLYING
Yorkshire bullycide
An inquest hears how 13-year-old Jack Glasby
hung himself after being bullied at Caedmon School, Whitby, Yorkshire, which he
had left five months previously. As targets of bullying know, the cumulative
psychiatric injury caused by bullying endures - it doesn't just "go away" when
you leave the toxic environment. As far as I know there are no treatment
facilities for Complex PTSD in the UK and often the injury is not even
recognised. Jack's story is at http://www.ypn.co.uk/scripts/editorial2.cgi?cid=news&aid=477260
New school bullying case history
This one eloquently describes the
misery that millions of schoolchildren still endure: http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/bully/case48.htm
Oprah features bullycide
http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_2002/tows_past_20020424_d.jhtml;jsessionid=P0FJQG2CEPHIFLARAYFCFEQ
Now
is a good time to email Oprah about bullying at school and at work: http://www.oprah.com/email/email_landing.jhtml
Nova Scotia considers separate school for bullies
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20020610/ctvnews871248/
Emotional abuse a bigger concern than physical abuse
A survey of
1,000 Maryland kids found the violence that most impacts their lives is
emotional: http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/parenting/07/30/young.bullies/index.html
Study reveals students justify bullying and seldom defend peers
http://www.nationalpost.com/national/story.html?id={11D2242B-999A-4E96-BA0D-685CCB76B7D8}
Nomorebullies
...is the complete kid-friendly site about bullying .
its effects on young children and what can be done about it: http://www.nomorebullies.com/
Self harm
200,000 secondary schoolkids aged 11-15 self harm.
Bullying is one major factor behind this: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/cgi-bin/page?t=news&id=5006018
Ribbon of Promise National Campaign
...to end school violence: http://www.ribbonofpromise.org/pass/weekly.html
MEDIA CORNER
For More Magazine, URGENT!
We'd like to reunite two girls in the
UK, the bully and the girl she bullied (now aged between 20-25) and find out how
they both feel about their experiences after the event. They would need to be
photographed.
For Bliss Magazine:I'd like to interview two best
friends (aged between 14-17) in the UK who fell out when one started bullying
the other, or when one started bullying other people and she didn't want to get
involved/didn't approve. They would need to be photographed.
If you're in the
UK and can help then contact Ketty Melrose, email [EMAIL PROTECTED], mobile
07767 624980
Teenage girl bullying
Paula Greenspan is a journalist working for
J17 magazine. She's looking for teenage girls in the UK under the age of 18 who
have been bullied, but who have overcome the bullying and have made it through
the ordeal. The girls would be asked to be interviewed and photographed for the
magazine. If you would like to share your story, and perhaps help other girls
out there who are being bullied, please contact Paula on 07946 635005 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Teenagers in East Midlands, UK
Matt Teale doing a series of items
on teenagers for the local TV news in Nottingham, UK. One of the topics for
discussion is stress, which is where the issue of bullying comes in. Matt is
trying to find either a teeneger in his area who might tell their story, or the
family of a teenager who may have committed suicide because of bullying to talk
to us. Can you help? We cover the East Midlands, so Nottingham, Derby,
Leicester, Northampton, Peterborough and Lincols are the main areas I'm looking
at. If anything comes to mind, perhaps you could give me a call? My number is
0115 964 5586 or my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bullycide feature
Jennifer Campion is a freelance journalist
looking for a mother in the UK who would talk to her about the suicide of her
child due to bullying for a leading national newspaper. Can you help? Contact
Jennifer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
tel 0208 5580386
Corporate bullying
My name is Linsey Summers and I am hoping to get
in touch with employees working in small private firms who have been subjected
to Corporate bullying. I am writing an article to highlight this abuse of
employees and the inadequacies of the law. It will be published in Code a
fairly new national men's magazine. I would be very grateful for responses
(preferably in the UK) so I can include some real life accounts. All
correspondence can be treated confidentially and I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you been bullied for being short or tall?
RDF Television, one of the UK~s leading
independent television production companies, are making a documentary for ITV~s
flagship documentary series, Real Life, about what it~s like to be
shorter or taller than the average. The fifty-minute film will be broadcast this
winter and will explore people~s experiences of being short and tall, as well as
challenging society~s prejudices about height. If you're in the UK and have
experienced or are experiencing bullying because of your height, we would be
grateful if you could contact us for a confidential chat. At this stage, we are
researching the subject and contacting us in no way commits you to taking part.
Contact David Wise tel 0207 313 6836 email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Zac Beattie
tel 0207 313 6809 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New links this month
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
by Sam Vaknin: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/6514/91841
The Impact of Narcissism on Leadership and Sustainability
by Bruce
Gregory, PhD: http://ceres.ca.gov/tcsf/pathways/chapter12.html
XPDNC
Pronounced "expediency" this page contains health and safety
abuse and harassment links: http://xpdnc.com/links/hsabuse.html
Easy to read page
Advice on bullying for young people who are
vision-impaired: http://www.sortit.org.uk/bullying.htm
Insolvency
www.insolvencyhelpline.co.uk
VISIONARY Project
...focuses on violence prevention in schools for
teachers, pupils, parents and people interested in this area: http://www.violence-in-school.info
For survivors of abuse and bullying
A personal site with
information and support for survivors of abuse and bullying: http://www.geocities.com/gold_blood_uk/
Cult information centre
Cult leaders are often serial bulies: www.cultinformation.org.uk
The Stress Doc's Top Twelve Tips
...for Beating (Mostly) Moderate
Chronic Clinical Depression: http://www.the-bright-side.org/site/thebrightside/content.php?type=1§ion_id=655&id=351
Growing Beyond Emotional Abuse
Resources for Healing the Scars of
Emotional Abuse: http://www.webheights.net/GrowingbeyondEmotionalAbuse/
Broadcaster - Interviews, Campaigns, People and their Stories and
more
...including bullying: http://website.lineone.net/~p.f.holbourn/
Got a news item or resource to share?
Just email me the details and
URL.
Spreading the word
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