Two women have filed complaints with the California Civil Rights Department, alleging they faced sex-based harassment while working at the Long Beach Yacht Club over the last three years.
The two women, Julianne Perez and Vanessa Wainer, allege they experienced verbal abuse, intimidation and harassment from the club’s executive chef, Ken Haselwood, whom they say specifically targeted pregnant women. In their complaints, they say they raised their concerns with the club’s human resources department and the Long Beach Yacht Club General Manager Norm Rich multiple times over the last three years and their concerns were never addressed.
The complaints to the California Civil Rights Department were filed on April 20. Then on May 5, local labor union Unite Here Local 11 organized a rally outside of the Yacht Club in support of Perez and Wainer, calling for the “fair and humane treatment of women and pregnant workers.” The union represents over 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California…