Posted on 10/15/2015 1:32:48 PM PDT by smartyaz
In an interview with NBC Bay Area earlier this year, Whitman said he tried to warn OSHA leaders that his managers pressured investigators to close complaints without proper review to clear a backlog of cases.
Whitman said his supervisor altered his reports by changing his conclusions and dismissed cases even when Whitman found they had merit.
It didn't stop there: Whitman wrote letters to OSHA leadership and to the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez. "I had gone through every conceivable channel and what I saw was inaction," Whitman said.
In the end Whitman told NBC Bay Area that he was fired as retaliation for raising red flags about the agency.
"They got rid of the squeaky wheel," Whitman said. "I was going to report what I thought to be violations of law and policy. They were going to have to answer to those reports and they didn't like that."
The letter announcing his termination said Whitman had been fired for six separate reasons, including "lack of candor during an investigatory meeting" and "unauthorized release of government documents."
Whitman said the "real reason" he was fired is because he took his concerns public.
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That blows. The whistle.
indeed. it does.
Mr Linda Tripp failed to see there is a Democrat in the White House.
Pop goes the weasel.
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