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We must recognise all forms of violence, if we are to reduce the level of violence in our world. Mobbing and Victimisation are widespread forms of violence that are not yet recognised by the legal system. Whistleblowers are punished in many ways for doing the right thing. No-one will report safety concerns, waste, and corruption if it means the certainty of having to sacrifice their own well-being and that of their families. Aeroplanes will crash, resources will be wasted, and corruption will run rampant as a result. The trauma of victimisation ruins lives. This trauma is expressed in many forms. Terrorism is one product of denial of access to due process and natural justice. Destroyed and wasted lives, billions of dollars of lost productivity, legal, and health care costs, and toxic workplaces and a toxic society in general are some of the 'hidden' costs. Perhaps more damaging is the reduction in that most valueable of all commodities, good will! Click here to read about international research done into workplace victimisation and mobbing.
The N.S.W Department of Education as a toxic workplace
The N.S.W Dept. of Education is failing a huge number of children, and our community. The department has a history of employing corrupt psychiatrists to define inconvenient 'whistleblowers' as unfit for service. Teachers know they will be victimised for challenging the departmental propaganda, denial, and impression management, by identifying that problems exist, and trying to address them. Teachers suffer a huge amount of stress as a result. This costs our community millions in terms of sick leave, stress leave, early retirement, and the loss of the most talented teachers to other employers. Our most vulnerable students are denied the basic right to a positive learning environment, and a good education. Many schools in the N.S.W state system are toxic workplaces and toxic places for students. Click here to find out more.
My personal experiences of victimisation
After a number of bad experiences as a casual teacher I accepted a teaching position that 19 other teachers had already rejected. The principal asked for an economics teacher knowing full well that the teacher would be teaching mostly geography. The Minister for Education finds no problem in offering contracts in bad faith, and forcing teachers to teach subjects they are not trained to teach, competent to teach, let alone qualified to teach. When I followed the grievance procedures that were in place I was victimised. One of the most sickening elements of this victimisation was the deliberate strategy on the part of all those involved, including the staff welfare officer, to collude and conspire to have me defined as unfit for service by Healthquest.
The Department has a documented history of abusing pyschiatry to victimise whistleblowers. An independant report into HealthQuest practises detailed widespread serious abuses, and led to Healthquest being disbanded, and replaced by an independant statuatory institution. I was annuled and blacklisted. None of my grievances were ever investigated. The IRC demonstated clear bias, and denied me the chance to appeal for relief from unfair dismissal. The blacklisting resulted in me being refused employment by every employer I have approached, including the Tasmanian Education Dept. I have documented my experiences in detail in "An education in victimisation". I have also given brief descriptions of other experiences of victimisation that I have suffered. Click here to read the full story.
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