Monarch Female Firefighters Just "Wanted to Do Their Jobs"
Donna Kessler and Dana Buckley won jury trial and an appeal against Monarch Fire Protection District. They're both in upper-level positions they attained before the appeal decision. Monarch's House No. 2, at 18424 Wildhorse Creek Rd., services Wildwood.
From the time Monarch Fire Protection District firefighter Donna Kessler was hired in 1995, and Dana Buckley not long after that, they said four Monarch Fire Protection District senior officers constantly made life in the firehouse difficult for them as women. Legally, the district's employment ambiance was deemed a “hostile work environment” — and recently, an appeals court agreed. Now, both women are back to working productively in the firehouse, each with a promotion and the support of coworkers, they said. Kessler and Buckley brought an employment discrimination suit against Monarch in 2007. Both, though, have been continuously employed by the district from the time they were hired. Buckley is now an engineer, a promotion that requires…
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George Weber
9:42 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011
Kind of odd. I just watched Channel 2 News tell of a suicide of one of the discharged supervisors in the case. Then came oln line and there you were. George D. Weber more ›