Washington Lottery director accused of gender discrimination

Comment #12

LiveInGreenBay — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 16:47:37 GMT

What? Maybe that work is part of their assigned role . So the boss must add another person to the payroll? LOL

Comment #11

rca1952 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 18:38:46 GMT

Not only do they treat the workers like do-do, just keep reading on LP on how RNG numbers really work! They need to quit ripping off the people and bring back the ball numbers

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Artist77 — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:22:51 GMT

There used to be a law that required a fixed percentage of government contracting opportunities to be set aside for women and minority owned businesses. So yes, that was THE LAW. I am not certain if it still exists. By the way, I am not new to the workforce, and I have never seen any old girl network. Maybe in Oprah's world but not in everyday life. It does not exist in the professionally educated world, in academia, or in most businesses.

Comment #9

Drivedabizness — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 22:42:57 GMT

I remember a former WA Lottery Director who REQUIRED the main system vendor to name a female Director for their Washington operations and to employ an unqualified female as part of their in-state marketing team. By the way, the director was one of the most accomplished people in the industry. WA was lucky to have her assigned to their account.

What I'm saying is - in the 17 years I spent in the State Lottery industry - I saw at least as much pro-woman bias as I saw old boy network .

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noise-gate — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 01:52:08 GMT

Hanson said all the wrong things.That was radioactive language right there.

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ckrakowski — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:22:48 GMT

Hope they have excess money for the upcoming lawsuits.

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Artist77 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 23:19:35 GMT

Thank you Mr. Music for the perfect response. Let the women do their jobs.

It is sad to see the hostile posts this bit of good news has generated.

We have one new poster who openly acknowledges his women employees are fearful of going into a dark alley at night, but he insists on sending them out there. How sick is that??? I think they probably laugh at him behind his back because he is too scared to go into the alley by himself. I cannot wait to see that law suit. He probably asks the ha... [ More ]

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Raven62 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:19:38 GMT

Said like a liberal man who compromises his manhood in order to pacify women

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music* — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:05:40 GMT

Have you considered hiring another physically fit male to do those jobs while leaving the women to do their assigned roles

Comment #3

PayMe2day! — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:57:51 GMT

So women want to be treated equally in the workplace? I'm a boss, and when I ask a woman to lift up those boxes, take out the trash at night or go into the ally to dump the grease in the traps, what happens?! They start squirming and talking about that's something I should ask the men to do. They say it's to heavy, it's too dark, it's to dangerous, I'm a lady etc.

Nooooooo... what about equality now

Comment #2

Raven62 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:45:31 GMT

Maybe he should have opted for Sensitivity Training

Comment #1

music* — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:41:30 GMT

Thank You, Associated Press! and Lottery Post for this news story. Women in America are standing up for their equal rights and continuing the fight that their Mothers and Grandmothers began in the 20th Century.

Washington Lottery director accused of gender discrimination

Lottery Post — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:21:42 GMT

Director resigned in September

An outside investigation into complaints of a hostile workplace at the Washington state Lottery has found that the agency's director treats female employees differently than their male counterparts, calling them criers and excluding them from key discussions.

The preponderance of the evidence came following interviews with 11 women at the agency concerning Lottery Director Bill Hanson, according to the report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press through... [ More ]