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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015
Charge: Ferguson argues she suffered lost wages, emotional distress
Discrimination
allegations
Continued from Page 1A
Management and Train-
ing Corp., a Centerville,
Utah-based operator of fed-
eral Jobs Corps centers, de-
clined to comment on Fer-
guson’s allegations. “Out of
respect for our current and
former employees, we don’t
comment on confidential
employment matters,” Ce-
leste McDonald, a spokes-
woman for the corporation,
wrote in an email.
Ferguson, who started work
at Tongue Point in April 2014,
alleges she was subjected to
numerous examples of sexual-
ly or gender hostile acts.
“One co-worker was
known to inform students that
‘women are bad luck at sea,’”
she claims in her complaint.
“In mid-November 2014, an-
other co-worker made a crude
sexual comment to me, and
was known to sexually harass
other female employees by
requesting sexual favors and
groping them.”
Ferguson’s complaint al-
leges that management did not
communicate with female em-
ployees in a meaningful way
or deal with sexual and gender
hostility, despite being aware of
its presence in the workplace.
She contends she was
forced in June 2014 to pass a
student who had clearly failed
a course she had taught. “I
objected to doing so vehe-
mently, but was told to do so
nonetheless or that I would be
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her complaint. “I believe that
(management) was concerned
that I might take this example
and others to the authorities.”
Ferguson claims she was
pushed to return to work ear-
ly after her knee replacement
surgery and forced to work her
full job without accommoda-
tions for her injury. She was
dismissed about a week after
returning.
Ferguson argues she has suf-
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emotional distress. She has re-
tained employment lawyer Eric
Fjelstad of Portland, although no
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Broader concerns
Ferguson said other cur-
rent and former employees at
Tongue Point are coming for-
ward with similar complaints
about management. But Burr
said Ferguson’s is the only civ-
il rights complaint the Oregon
Bureau of Labor and Industries
has received against the corpo-
ration in the past three years.
Ferguson has also been re-
ceiving letters and emails of
support from several former
students decrying her termina-
tion.
An email written by an
associate of Ferguson’s and
shared with The Daily Astori-
an details continued discrimi-
nation, safety and other issues
for students and employees at
Tongue Point.
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was still at Western Oregon Uni-
versity, studying criminal justice
He has talked with his son and public policy and adminis-
about how he will not like ev- tration.
erything about the academy, but
He never considered law
it is a necessary requirement for enforcement a career until his
police agencies. His son is tak- sophomore year of college. He
ing the academy with Portland originally wanted to become an
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and other deputies.
“I don’t know what hap-
“It’s a time to arm yourself pened. I heard law enforcement
for your future,” Brad Johnston call my name. I started down
said.
that path and haven’t looked
Tyler Johnston applied for back,” Tyler Johnston said.
the Warrenton Police position
When he heard his son want-
about two years ago while he ed to pursue law enforcement,
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Brad Johnston said, he was both
surprised and proud. Having his
son working in the neighboring
community offers another jolt of
shock and pride.
“There are both good and
bad things about that,” Brad
Johnston said. “Sometimes I
think I would like to not hear
him make his mistakes, and
sometimes it’s cool to hear him
on the radio out there applying
his trade.”
After graduating from the
academy in October, Tyler John-
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training. The training is not con-
sidered complete until there is a
mastery in the skills, he said, so
there is no timeline as to when
he will be patrolling Warrenton
on his own.
Warrenton Police Chief Matt
Workman hired Tyler Johnston
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Silence, who previously worked
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County.
Workman said he was im-
pressed with both after they
completed an oral board inter-
view in front of two community
members, two business owners
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cers.
The fact that Tyler Johnston
comes from a law enforcement
family played no role in the
hiring process, Workman said.
In fact, some on the oral board
panel did not know who Brad
Johnston is.
“(Tyler) was on the same
level as everybody else. He
tested well and passed the phys-
ical agility and had a good in-
terview,” Workman said. “He
earned it all on his own merits.”
Tyler Johnston is not the
only son in the family in a pub-
lic safety position. His brother,
Spencer Johnston, is a volunteer
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Department.
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because his brother, Mike John-
ston, is a lieutenant for the Lyn-
nwood, Wash., Fire Department,
so the Johnston family has two
generations of brothers who are
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low,” Tyler Johnston said.
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