\u201cIt is horrendous to think mining women should have to worry about what should be a mundane task. Aside from a violation, it raises concerns about escalation of offending and highlights safety risks to female staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
Andrew Forrest\u2019s Fortescue is facing a class action lawsuit from female workers over allegations of systemic sexual harassment, violence and retaliation at the iron ore miner\u2019s remote work sites.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit, filed in the federal court in Victoria on Thursday, includes an allegation that a woman was pulled into a dark alley where a man \u201ctried to stick his tongue down my throat\u201d.<\/p>\n
Another female employee allegedly found a male stranger in her room when returning to her accommodation. A third woman claimed she was \u201chowled\u201d at by male colleagues when attending a communal eating area.<\/p>\n
The class action has been filed by law firm JGA Saddler and is backed by UK litigation funder Aristata Capital.<\/p>\n
JGA Saddler special counsel Paris Hamrey said on Thursday that the allegations ranged from \u201cserious sexual assaults through to day-to-day micro aggressions\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the most disturbing regular reports is women on Fortescue<\/a> work sites being warned against washing their underwear in on-site laundries because theft of female underwear is rife,\u201d Hamrey said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is horrendous to think mining women should have to worry about what should be a mundane task. Aside from a violation, it raises concerns about escalation of offending and highlights safety risks to female staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
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