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Employees of the CDC speak out about their claims of discrimination
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Pam Gillis is a health communications specialis and a long-time employee with significant hearing loss. She claims the CDC rarely provides captioning in training videos and large meetings.
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Sheila Miller said the CDC knew she had a disability when they hired her 20 years ago. The U.S. Army veteran has knee & back problems, and walks with a cane. Her discrimination complaint claims the agency did not provide an office to meet her needs.
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Darlo Koldenhove is CDC's former disability program manager. The office is responsible for recruiting employees with disabilities. While there, he said recruitment improved, but CDC never met its 2 percent goal of hiring employees with disabilities.
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Kiley Carter is a former CDC budget analyst. He has cerebral palsy, which impacts his mobility. Despite a difficultly time walking, Carter claims it took six months and help from a union representative to obtain a reserved handicap parking spot.
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Dan Reiford is a long-time employee of the CDC. He has hearing loss and says the agency rarely provides captioning in training videos and large meetings.
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Angie Fuoco works in the CDC's safety office. She has significant hearing loss, but says the agency rarely provides captioning in training videos and large meetings.
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Kim Pittman, a 15-year veteran wih the CDC was diagnosed by her doctor with postpartum depression. But when she requested work from home from two days a week to three, at her doctor's directions, she said she got pushback from her supervisors.
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In Clement Craddock's discrimination complaint, he claims CDC replaced him with someone who had far less experience.
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Dean Seneca, a health scientist and Native-American, filed discrimination claims saying CDC management limited his ability to work on tribal issues.
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Anjella Johnson-Hooker says she forced to re-apply for her job, despite a stellar record. Management told her they were looking for fresh blood. "You draw your own conclusions. But for me, when I look at it, it looked like racism."
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In 2005, Rodrick Frazier filed a discrimination complaint after he says a manager attempted to force he and another black colleague out of the office.
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Carlton Duncan spent 35 years at the CDC. When his boss retired, he claims the agency never considered him for the job, even though policy mandates the position be filled through a competitive process.
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Tammy Corley filed a disability discrimination complaint in 2012, which claims supervisors retaliated after she requested her work schedule change to due to her documented sleep apnea.
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