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TIME's up Legal Defense Fund Annual Report 2019 Together, we’re changing tomorrow 2019 ANNUAL REPORT Cover photos: Left: Jennifer Glover, nuclear test site guard forced out of dream job by sexual harrassment Photo: Alice Tessier Right: Brittney Hoyos, McDonald’s worker who filed a complaint of workplace sexual harassment Photo: Fight for $15 and a Union This page: “Climb for Equality” Postcard created by Luna, Subhadra, and Yoshiko during a sexual harassment training held by Asian/Pacific Climb for equality postcards. More descriptive caption here would help Islanderfill space. Domestic More descriptive Violence Resourcecaption here Project would (DVRP), help fill space. More descriptive caption herea TIME’Swould help UP fillLegal space. Defense Fund outreach grant recipient. The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund is housed and administered The TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund is funded by the TIME’S UP by the National Women’s Law Center Fund, LLC. Foundation which is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Dear friend, On the following pages, you can learn more about the cases we are funding, the attorney- In the two years since our founding, the client relationships we’ve fostered, and the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund has laid an community grantees we’ve supported. The year impressive foundation. We’ve connected over ahead will come with many more successes 4,000 workers, mostly people in low-paid jobs, like these. It will also come with its challenges: to legal support in the aftermath of sexual Unrepentant assailants. Those who put profits harassment and assault on the job. We’ve and reputation ahead of credible complaints grown our legal network to more than 700 from workers. A backlash to progress. attorneys. We’ve committed $11 million dollars to over 250 legal cases and public relations These challenges are significant, but they are campaigns that are holding harassers, abusers, even more pronounced for the truth-tellers, and enablers accountable. silence-breakers, and survivors who bravely, and often at great personal expense, challenge To help spread the word about our work – the abuses inflicted upon them in court – and and workers’ rights on the job – we’ve given in the court of public opinion. outreach grants to 18 organizations serving populations with high unmet need around All of us have redoubled our commitment to the country. To train the next generation of the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund in new lawyers to take on this important work, we and exciting ways this year – and so have also match law students who want to work on many of you. Whether you are a worker who sexual harassment and employment law with has come forward, a lawyer, a public relations experienced attorneys in our network. professional, a supporter, or one of the actresses who had the courage to say, “time’s Taken together, this work is nothing short of up,” two years ago: Thank you for being with us transformational for everyday workers. How on this journey. We hope you’ll stick with us for do we know? They tell us. what’s yet to come. “I feel brave now.” In solidarity, “I feel powerful.” Fatima, Robbie, Hilary, and Tina That’s what workers say the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund has done for them. And we’re just getting started. FATIMA GOSS GRAVES ROBERTA KAPLAN HILARY ROSEN TINA TCHEN President & CEO, Founding Partner, Partner, President & CEO, National Women’s Law Center Kaplan Hecker & Fink SKDKnickerbocker TIME’S UP Foundation TIME’S UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 1 TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund has four major initiatives We connect workers who have faced sexual harassment to attorneys. We fund cases challenging workplace sexual harassment and related retaliation. We fund media assistance for individuals challenging workplace sexual harassment and related retaliation. We fund sexual harassment outreach grants to groups that work with workers in low wage jobs. 2 | TOGETHER, WE’RE CHANGING TOMORROW 2019 TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund Statistics 4,141 Number of workers we have connected to attorneys 716 Number of attorneys who have joined our Network Number of cases we have committed to funding 200 of the 315 that have applied 84 Number of cases approved for media assistance We would NEVER have gotten this far without TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. We continue to be “so grateful for all of the financial and organizational support. Put simply, the [defendant] would have crushed us simply due to money. We are in the ring, continuing to fight. – Amy Cramer, Attorney TIME’S UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 3 Snapshot of Our Impact Connecting Workers to Attorneys How the process works Workers complete our online form. We review the form to see if the attorneys in our Network can help NO YES with this situation. If we can help, we send the person the contact information of three attorneys. Attorneys in our Network agree to give any one we send to them a first consultation for free. 4 | TOGETHER, WE’RE CHANGING TOMORROW We hear from workers in every state. 11 102 7 14 13 6 49 47 41 98 15 3 432 19 6 64 49 116 18 14 105 42 99 14 158 66 25 9 124 88 193 19 55 685 30 324 86 55 32 115 23 18 44 20 25 98 190 36 206 7 3 2 21 Under 50 requests for assistance Over 50 requests for assistance TIME’S UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 5 We have Industry responded to over Accommodation/Hospitality 2.4% Administration/Support Services 1.6% 4,000 workers Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 0.7% seeking attorneys. Arts and Entertainment 10.0% Construction 2.6% Here is the breakdown: Educational Services 7.0% Federal Government 7.6% Finance and Insurance 3.6% Race and Ethnicity Food Services 5.6% Health Care 8.2% Asian or Pacific Islander 6.4% Information/Communications 3.8% Black 17.7% Legal Field 2.2% Latinx 8.7% Local Government 5.1% Native American 3.5% Manufacturing 3.5% White 59.2% Military 2.4% Total Women of Color 37.7% Mining 0.2% Non-Profit 3.4% Other 9.9% Personal Care Services 0.8% Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 4.8% Real Estate Rental and Leasing 1.2% Recreation 0.7% Retail Trade 4.9% Social Assistance 0.1% State Government 2.8% Transportation 3.3% Utilities 0.8% Warehousing 0.6% Wholesale Trade 0.5% 6 | TOGETHER, WE’RE CHANGING TOMORROW Age breakdown of people contacting us Gender breakdown of people contacting us 3% 3.5% 96% Female 40% 3.5% Male 56% 96% 18–39 65+ Female Non-binary: 0.4% 40–64 Under 18: 0.1% Male Other gender identity: 0.2% Percentage of people contacting Percentage of people contacting us who identify as LGBTQIA+ us who identify as low income 9% 67% I cannot thank you enough! I was able to find counsel and resolve this issue with my “former employer through the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund. — Anonymous Worker TIME’S UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 7 Funding Cases Over 315 cases have applied to us for funding for legal support. We’ve agreed to fund 200 cases, and have committed over $11 million to these cases. Those numbers represent farmworkers, janitors, waitresses, FBI cadets, salespeople, military veterans, security guards, actors, and paramedics, just to name a few. The funding made my client know she had the support of a national “movement. It made her feel less isolated and alone. — Elizabeth Kristen, Director, Gender Equity & LGBT Rights Program, Legal Aid at Work 8 | TOGETHER, WE’RE CHANGING TOMORROW Our funding is used to hire experts, pay for arbitration fees, mediators, and depositions, and helps the attorneys fight against well-resourced employers. As Garrett Hines, a California lawyer at the Victim Compensation Law Group, put it— the funding “levels the playing field.” How it works Attorneys fill in the PHOTO: FIGHT FOR $15 AND A UNION FIGHT PHOTO: application form for funding explaining the case and the need for funds. TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund staff review the application to see if the case fits the guidelines and whether to provide funding. Survivors of sexual harassment at McDonald’s protest outside the company’s headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. TIME’S UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND ANNUAL REPORT 2019 | 9 Funding Cases While most of the cases we are involved in are ongoing, 86% of cases that have resolved have been resolved in favor of TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund-supported workers. Priority Areas Our Funding Priorities (cases can address more than one priority) n Cases involving low-wage workers because 53.2% Low-Wage Workers they cannot afford attorneys; 41.4% Male-Dominated Field n Cases in male-dominated fields where 9.1% High-Profile Harasser harassment can be especially severe and pushes women out of higher paying, 10.8% Multiple Workers Affected traditionally male jobs; 14.5% Important Precedent n Cases involving a high-profile harasser 21.5% Extreme Retaliation because the power dynamic can make it harder to come forward; n Cases where multiple workers are harassed at In almost half of the cases we are the same employer; funding, the plaintiffs are people of color. n Cases that can set important precedent, such as whether an employer is responsible for harassment 3.2% by a guest or client or whether a corporate entity 4.8% White is responsible for harassment at its franchise Latinx stores; and 16.7% Black 52.7% n Cases of extreme retaliation such as being Asian or Pacific Islander 21% sued for defamation after speaking out about Unknown harassment.
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