Tag Archive: Workplace suicide

Nov 10 2010

Workplace Bullying Runs Rampant

By David R. Butcher, ThomasNet News A spate of recent suicides highlights the tragic effects of prolonged bullying. While many consider it a schoolyard issue, bullying is an all-too-common problem in the workplace for millions of Americans. Bullying has gained prominence in recent months following a spate of suicides by bullied students. Kids being bullied …

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Sep 03 2010

The Virginia Quarterly Review: A suicide rocks the esteemed literary journal

By Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times On July 30, Kevin Morrissey printed a note, gathered his identification and called the Charlottesville, Va., police to report a shooting at the coal tower, a local landmark. When they arrived, it was Morrissey they found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, his papers laid out neatly beside him. …

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May 06 2010

The dark side of Disneyland Paris

By John Lichfield, The Independent In a Magical Kingdom not so far away, somewhere between a place where you wish upon a star and dreams come true, Disney heroes and heroines live, once upon a time, in fairytales that are, happily, never ending. This is the candy-coloured introductory promise of the official website of Disneyland …

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Oct 07 2009

France Télécom moves to end worker deaths

from Radio France Internationale After worker protests over 24 workers killing themselves in 18 months, France Télécom boss Didier Lombard says he wants a “new social contract” with trade unions. Suicide notes have blamed high levels of work stress on workers’ decisions to end their lives and Lombard, whose number two resigned on Tuesday, has …

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