Reviews for Access to justice for sexual harassment victims

The average rating for Access to justice for sexual harassment victims based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-09 00:00:00 David Dawson "Just like that affirmative action had come to the Iron Range, and it set the stage for Lois Jenson and a handful of women desperate for a decent wage to walk into a place that had been forced by the federal government to hire them". Class Action: The Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham Class Action is a very well written book. For those that don't know..this is the book that inspired the movie "North Country". It is all about the Sexual Harassment case brought by Mine Workers that changed Sexual Harassment Laws. In the movie, Charlize Theron plays the lead. It is quite a story and not a happy one. Both the book and the film are excellent. I enjoyed this book greatly. It goes into way more detail then the movie did and sort of fills in many of the blanks. It's a very sad book too. There was so much that happened. But it is so odd reading it in that it is Non Fiction and: warning to any feminist: I am sure the book might make you angry. The reason it will make you angry is because of the deplorable and disgusting treatment of the women. But it's an important book to read and educational as well. The book contains much Legal speak and I will admit there are parts that are a bit wordy and seemingly very long winded but it is pretty easy to read overall. It's an important book as well and educational although aspects of it are not easy to read. Anyone interested in the subject matter would most likely really want to read this.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-14 00:00:00 Amy Busby This was an incredibly informative, well written, and heart wrenching book. It's been a few years since I saw "North Country" but from what I remember, it absolutely pales in comparison to the book. The authors tell the story so well that I felt emotional several times while reading about the horrendous struggle the brave women at Eveleth Mines went through dealing with sexism at work and then dealing with retaliation & health problems after filing the lawsuit. The lawsuit lasted 14 years. And that was after the women had been dealing with horrible working conditions for 10-15 years already. Their perseverance is incredible. It's sad that in the end, the women still didn't get what they had wanted in the first place - acknowledgment that the company was wrong for allowing sexist and damaging behavior to go on toward the women. No one at the company ever apologized. And at the onset, all the women wanted was the company to create a sexual harassment policy. The company wouldn't and so the trial dragged on for years. A quote from the end of the book: "'Even if my check was for $5 million, I don't know if I'd feel good about it,' Lois said. Most of all, she realized she had wanted an apology from the company, because it would have made her feel vindicated in a way the court system did not. 'We never got a chance to set the record straight,' Lois said. Echoed Marcy, 'We just wanted to be believed.'" But again, really excellently written. I learned so much from start to finish!