Court sides with Montgomery
A Superior Court ruling in the Sue Montgomery situation states that Montreal mishandled the harassment claims that led to Montgomery’s ejection from Projet. The judge says the city should never have intervened in what was essentially a borough-level issue.
Jack 17:00 on 2020-12-11 Permalink
“Mayor Plante’s office released a statement Monday, saying the ruling confirms the existence of an unhealthy work climate and accusing Montgomery of creating that climate. ”
“All employees of the City of Montreal must be treated with respect, civility and dignity.”
I am along time Projet supporter but this is absolute BS. Montgomery was elected, she is decisional, the City employees are not. The same thing has happened in Quebec City with Provincial Civil Servants. It’s invariably a male who feels bad when told to do their job by a female. My respect and dignity are not challenged by a female telling me what to do in a workplace.
walkerp 12:29 on 2020-12-12 Permalink
Why is mayor Plante so unrelenting on this issue? Why is she going to bat for a civil servant who ran a fiefdom and clearly didn’t like any progressive change (and may well also not like a female boss as Jack implies above)?
Even if Montgomery had some poor leadership behaviour, it is clear from the report that the toxic work environment existed before her and that Plante (the civil servant, not the mayor) was one of the signficant players in that toxicity. Would it not have made much more sense for her to take a neutral position at least?
Any way I think of it, it’s really a bad look for mayor Plante. There is either some form of political or corruption persuasion from the civil servants union or protectors of Plante (the civil servant) or it is personal between her and Montgomery.