Former executive assistant Benedicte Galligan filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming that Anchorage Fire Department leaders and outgoing library Deputy Director Judy Eledge discriminated against women and retaliated against her for reporting discrimination.
A small group of Anchorage Assembly and the news media gather for a press conference outside Anchorage City Hall on April 19, 2023. Former executive assistant Benedicte Galligan filed a lawsuit in Anchorage Superior Court on Tuesday that alleges fire department leaders and
discriminated against women and retaliated against her for reporting discrimination. Meanwhile, she alleges, her official workplace complaints were buried., Galligan worked for the chief of the Anchorage Fire Department for 10 years, but was laid off in January 2022. She claims the layoff was a pretense, and that she was targeted because she is a woman.
After the layoff, Galligan was transferred to a lower-paying position as assistant to Eledge. Galligan recorded Eledge making numerous racist comments highlighted in reporting last month byGalligan’s filing says working for the city contributed to a variety of health problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression – even cancer.
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