Some workers were also harshly critical of how Mitsubishi handles complaints, despite the company's promises to make it easier for employees to come forward.
At a previous job, Melissa Masters had a co-worker who would harshly criticize other people's ideas or opinions if she didn't agree with them.
Benoît Hamon, the Socialist spokesman, declared himself outraged that "white-collar thieves" were let off with impunity whereas blue-collar workers were punished so harshly.As always, indeed, the biggest uncertainty lies in the French street.
When Tommy G. Thompson, the secretary of health and human services, misspoke about the initial case of anthrax in the bioterror attack last year, and other agencies under his charge did not provide reliable information quickly, many health workers and other people harshly criticized his leadership.
In general they are applied by supermarkets but the impacts are really harshly felt by workers and farmers throughout the supply chains that supply Europe with food.
The revelation, in a Times story published this weekend, that some of Amazon's white-collar workers were treated almost as harshly as its blue-collar employees has revived the debate about the Seattle-based retailer's culture and work practices.
In a broader action that also raised fears that authorities had begun to enforce immigration laws more harshly, 834 Mexican workers in Portland, Ore., most of them janitors, were dismissed in recent days.
When automakers became concerned about gifts from suppliers, they disciplined managers harshly, firing even longtime workers.
Many of the measures fell most harshly on public sector workers, an important part of Pasok's political base.
