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Fortescue class action: female workers claim sexual harassment at remote mine sites
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One woman says she found man in her room at WA fly-in, fly-out accommodation while another states she was ‘howled’ at, federal court told Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue is facing a class action lawsuit from female workers over allegations of systemic sexual harassment, violence and retaliation at the iron ore miner’s remote work sites.The lawsuit, filed in the federal court in Victoria on Thursday, includes an allegation that a woman was pulled into a dark alley where a man “tried to stick his tongue down my throat”. Continue reading...
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