Belittling Document Made By Al Taylor During The July 28, 2015 Safety Meeting

1. Belittling comment made by Al Taylor during the July 28, 2015 safety meeting.

Ms. Punzo alleges that Mr. Taylor, during the July 28, 2015 safety meeting, directed a belittling comment at her to the effect of, “you don’t lift a finger to help out around here.”
After interviewing all witnesses it is evident a comment was made towards Ms. Punzo. Three of six witnesses stated they directly recall Mr. Taylor making a comment. When asked for context for the comments, the overarching theme from all the witnesses was that it was most likely due to tensions from the recent facility remodel or a sign storage project that Mr. Taylor and Mr. Page were responsible for. An additional witness admitted he wasn’t present for the meeting; however,

Punzo alleges that Mr. Taylor on an unknown date in July 2015 was aggressively slamming his wall locker and wall locker door. She doesn’t state if there were witnesses present or not or as well when the incident occurred. After interviewing all witnesses, and by Mr. Taylor’s admission, it is evident that an incident occurred. However, there is no clear evidence that the wall locker and wall locker door were aggressively slammed or that it was clearly directed towards Ms. Punzo. Four of six witnesses reported that they either saw the incident or heard it from where they were at during that time. Only one witness describes the incident as Mr. Taylor throwing a “baby fit,” the others all say they heard the wall locker door being slammed. Only one witness believes he heard an exchange between Mr. Taylor and Ms. Punzo. He couldn’t recall the exact conversation but he believes Mr. Taylor might have made comments about needing room for his gear and that Ms. Punzo might have been raising her voice. Mr. Taylor openly admitted that an incident occurred; however, he provided context behind the incident. After the remodel of the crew room, the wall lockers were in a new configuration. In this new configuration, Mr. Taylor and Ms. Punzo have wall lockers on the same row; however, with each being an end locker. Mr. Taylor said that the wall lockers had been shifted closer to the door that his locker is nearest, which he believes was done to make room for Ms. Punzo to put a

Punzo alleges that Mr. Taylor has made repeated comments about the women’s bathroom, with one specifically of, “Why do we have to have bathroom locked for just one woman – not fair.” Ms. Punzo doesn’t provide a date that this specific comment was made; she just states comments, such as this one, have been made on multiple occasions. The context behind this complaint dates back as many as 6-7 years, per a witness statement, and the issue doesn’t exist now with the completion of the crew room remodel. Prior to the remodel, there was one bathroom for male and one bathroom for female. The male bathroom only had one toilet, as was the case for the female’s bathroom. The female bathroom was locked and only Ms. Punzo and Mr. Smith had the key. More than one witness stated that male employees were only given the key to the female bathroom on rare occasions. This arrangement had caused male employees to have to wait in line to use the bathroom or, per one witness, go outside to relieve themselves. Per witnesses, over the preceding years leading up to the crew room remodel the topic of the bathroom has come up many times and by multiple people. With the crew room remodel complete the male restroom now has multiple toilets and the female bathroom is again locked. Although Mr. Taylor readily admits to making comments about the female’s bathroom, he doesn’t remember making the specific comment that Rosie alleges he made. He asserts he made the comments only to address what