Press
UltraViolet Action Welcomes Arisha Hatch as New Executive Director
Maine Resident, Women’s Group Leader: “Susan Collins Is No Victim”
Women’s Group: Despite Moonves’ Departure, CBS’ Problem With Sexual Harassment and a Toxic Workplace Culture Continues
CBS chief executive Les Moonves is departing amid probe into allegations of sexual misconduct
Activists have been equally vocal about the move. Shaunna Thomas, co-founder of the women’s rights group Ultraviolet, also decried any possible payment.
“CBS’ decision to fire Moonves for cause is clearly the right decision. If they reward Moonves’ decades of sexual harassment with a massive golden parachute, it will be shameful and compounds the damage of his decades of unchecked abuse,” she wrote in a message to The Post. “As the first Fortune 500 company executive to be held accountable, CBS is setting the new standard that should become the norm across corporate America: ‘if you abuse women, you lose your job and your golden parachute.’”
Women’s Group on Les Moonves’ Departure from CBS
Women’s Group, Following Serena Williams, Demands Apology For Sexist Double Standard
TONIGHT 7:30 PM ET: Women’s Group to Project ‘Roe v. Wade Is More Popular Than Brett Kavanaugh’ On Portland Public Library Building
TODAY: Activists Deliver Giant Poster of Kavanaugh’s Leaked Anti-Roe v. Wade Email to Sen. Susan Collins’ Biddeford, Portland, Bangor and Lewiston Offices
Time’s Up Asks CBS to Drop Leslie Moonves Without Golden Parachute
Ultraviolet, a women’s advocacy group, had also called on the network not to settle with the network chief. “If the CBS board gives Moonves any amount of severance in the event of his termination or resignation, you will compound the damage you’ve already inflicted on the progress towards stopping sexual violence with your decision to allow Moonves to continue working,” stated UltraViolet co-founder and executive director Shaunna Thomas in a letter to the CBS board dated Aug. 23.
BREAKING: Leaked Email Shows Kavanaugh Misled Senate & American Public, Will Be Deciding Vote to End Roe v. Wade
Why A Kavanaugh Protester Risked Arrest & Put Her Body On The Line, In Her Own Words
Along with fears about the future of the country, Shaunna Thomas protested Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing for young girls like her daughter — and was ultimately detained by U.S. Capitol Police for four hours.
“I believe it’s possible to be successful, but only if we are willing to put our own bodies on the line, and that’s what I had to do yesterday — not just for myself, not just for UltraViolet members, but frankly for my daughter,” Thomas, executive director and co-founder of the women’s advocacy group UltraViolet, tells Bustle of protesters’ efforts to block Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
Give for survivor justice taking flight!
While Donald Trump and Pam Bondi want to change the subject, we refuse to let them off the hook for protecting predators. That’s why we're flying airplane banners to keep Trump’s ties to child sex abuser and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in the news. Epstein’s more than 1,000 survivors deserve transparency and justice. Your gift today will keep the spotlight on Trump’s and Bondi’s deflections and center survivors in the public narrative!