Canada Post carrier says nothing being done about repeated homophobic harassment at work
CTV
A letter carrier with Canada Post says he's been harassed repeatedly at work because he is gay and has filed official complaints but nothing has been done.
A letter carrier with Canada Post says he's been harassed repeatedly at work because he is gay and has filed official complaints but nothing has been done.
The worker, who CTV News is calling Fred, says he's never experienced anything like the homophobic harassment he's been getting at work for the past year.
He says he felt "destroyed" when last year he discovered one of his co-workers had written his name inside a drawing of a penis in the office bathroom.
The graffiti continued for months and his desk and delivery truck were also defaced with the word "p-d," a derogatory term for gay men in French.
The final straw, he says, was when a letter containing similar slurs was sent to his home address.
"After seven months, I said to myself that's enough stress," he said in an interview.
He says he was constantly worried about where and when the next insult was coming and went on stress leave. When he returned to work in April, he says the graffiti immediately started again and nothing has been done to stop it.
