Hillman stuck in the Stone Age?
Unbelievable. According to today's Boston Globe and Boston Herald, Reed Hillman, Kerry Healey's pick for lieutenant governor believes women should be taken off the job for being pregnant. As head of the State Police in 1997, Hillman instituted a policy that resulted in a lawsuit by four female troopers who said the policy was clear discrimination. From today's Herald:
The suit stemmed from a controversial policy put in place on Hillman’s watch that required pregnant women to pass a “task test” to prove they could do the job. The test included roping a large animal, shoveling snow and mowing the barracks lawn
Does anyone else find this ridiculous? In the end, the four women won their suit and a million dollars. Additionally, the Globe notes, that same year under Hillman, the State Police agreed to a secret $290,000 payment to a female trooper who said she was raped by a male trooper at the State House.
Is this the kind of guy we want setting policy for this state?
posted by Shawn Hartman @ 10:21 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
"The office of Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, now a Democratic candidate for governor, defended the State Police policy regarding pregnant troopers when it was challenged in court." --Boston Globe
Sometimes you have to stick up for your own even if you don't feel it is right. We are all human
Post a Comment
<< Home