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Non-disclosure agreements have become a thing in the Democratic primaries. Just last week, Mike Bloomberg was asked about complaints he had made sexual comments in the workplace to some women who had later been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements. Elizabeth Warren hammered Bloomberg over it. “What we need to know is exactly what’s lurking out there, Warren said. She continued, “He has gotten some number of women—dozens, who knows— to sign non-disclosure agreements both for sexual harassment and for gender discrimination in the workplace.†Warren then asked Bloomberg to release those women from their NDAs so they could come forward.Today the Associated Press points out that an organization called Our Revolution, created to support Bernie Sanders run for office, forced a woman who sued the organization to sign an NDA to prevent her from talking.QuoteThe consultant, Tezlyn Figaro, confirmed the existence of the nondisclosure agreement to The Associated Press without providing additional details.The deal is tied to a 2019 lawsuit in which Figaro said she was fired from the Sanders-created political group Our Revolution a year earlier due to her race and in “retaliation for complaining about the organization’s treatment towards her and African-Americans.†The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. Though the lawsuit was aimed at Our Revolution, it included broad criticism of Sanders’ campaign, arguing an all-white leadership staff “was accused of racism†by black staffers and failed to engage black voters…
The consultant, Tezlyn Figaro, confirmed the existence of the nondisclosure agreement to The Associated Press without providing additional details.The deal is tied to a 2019 lawsuit in which Figaro said she was fired from the Sanders-created political group Our Revolution a year earlier due to her race and in “retaliation for complaining about the organization’s treatment towards her and African-Americans.†The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. Though the lawsuit was aimed at Our Revolution, it included broad criticism of Sanders’ campaign, arguing an all-white leadership staff “was accused of racism†by black staffers and failed to engage black voters…
