Most of these women can't file class action suits because there aren't enough women at their workplace to organize. “Shell is committed to a workplace free of harassment and discrimination.”) One of the more disturbing allegations in her complaint: On August 29, 2016, she found a sticker on her desk saying, "If your pussy hurts, just stay home." (“We cannot offer comment on pending litigation,” the company wrote when asked for comment. This July Ciara Newton, who worked as a refinery process operator at a Shell Oil subsidiary, filed a sex discrimination and harassment case against the company. She settled the case earlier this year for an undisclosed amount. In her complaint she said she was demoted from pump operator to a desk job because of her gender and claimed she had received $2 an hour less pay than men with the same job title, along with being subjected to harassment. In 2015 Cindy Marchello, an oil worker I spent a lot of time with, sued C&J Energy Services, Inc., for sex discrimination. And the stories of harassment I heard were even more depressing-women getting called derogatory names, even being attacked on job sites, and male coworkers refusing to work with them.
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