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One of America’s deep, dark secrets is ‘workplace abuse’ also known as ‘workplace or employment discrimination’ or ‘workplace bullying.’

During hard times, managers, supervisors and others in the workplace bring in others who look like them –their own relatives, friends and neighbors. These types of internal practices have left many American workers out in the cold with no place to go.

Workplace discrimination is the treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person based on the group, class, or category to which that person belongs rather than on individual merit.

There is also a growing workplace battleground where a record number of employees are being fired, demoted and otherwise punished for speaking out against discrimination and harassment such as sexism, sexual harassment, and sex and race discrimination.

Women, African Americans and other minorities should not and cannot afford to back away from the workplace. Some companies welcome women, African Americans or gays, but are horrible at welcoming the “disabled.” If you don’t have an inclusive workforce, people know that. The word “a diverse market” gets out pretty fast. You have to “walk the walk!”

Minorities, especially African Americans who are treated as if they are second and third class citizens in their own country, are no longer “the last hired and first fired.” Nowadays --they are not hired at all.

We can no longer turn a blind eye to these types of disparities. Most workplaces in America have a system set up to make it appear as though when you file a workplace discrimination complaint that you will receive justice. It is called the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) (EEOC.gov).

These workplace complaints are filed on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age. But not all employees, especially managers and supervisors, are protected or covered by EEOC laws. This can vary depending on the type of employer, the number of employees it has, and the type of discrimination alleged.

As we move increasingly more towards diversity, workplaces must learn to treat people with dignity. They must embrace fair hiring not only because it is the right thing to do also because it’s good business. There must be checks and balances put into place to make sure that there is more than just an appearance of justice when you file a workplace discrimination complaint.

Please contact your legislators today at CONGRESS.org and urge the Senate and Congress to take immediate action and order the Government Accountability Office (GAO) (GAO.gov), the investigative arm of Congress, to conduct investigations and hearings into the internal practices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

This book will show you how to fight workplace discrimination, whistleblowing and the workers’ compensation system and win.

Excerpts from Book:

Some alarming workplace statistics include:

• Over 85% of workers are unhappy with their jobs.

• Over 85% of workers are one (1) paycheck away from being homeless.

• The goal of abusive managers is to break the spirit of good hard-working, honest employees.

• Because of the weak economy -- nepotism, favoritism and cronyism have polluted most workplaces in America.

Alarming statistics dealing with women:

• Depression is the number one barrier women face in the workplace.

• Over 70% of women in workplaces are mothers but there is very little “flex time” - anywhere.

• Over 40% to 90% of women will experience some form of “sexual harassment” in the workplace but only 5% will file claims of harassment.

• Over 98% of all leadership books in the workplace were written by men. Laws to protect women in the workplace have not been revamped in the past 20 years. More women vote than men - so why haven’t laws been introduced and passed to protect women in the workplace?