Sexual Harassment Survey

The Animation Guild's Sexual Harassment Survey ended this morning. It was conducted over eleven days, a much shorter window than TAG's annual wage survey, and had a response rate of 8.2%. The results:

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Based on the survey, two and a half percent of members have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, and one half of a percent say they reported harassment to Human Resources.

A large majority of respondents say that they feel free to talk about the issue at their place of work, while only a slight majority felt the problem of harassment was resolved when they reported it to their studio's human resources department.

Guild officers take the issue of sexual harassment seriously, and urge members to report harassment to Guild board members, Guild shop stewards, and the business representative whenever it occurs.