'A symbol of my trauma': Leduc firefighter quits during council meeting amid abuse allegations
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Another female firefighter in Leduc has handed her badge back – this time it happened literally and publicly – during an impassioned resignation in front of city councillors.
Another female firefighter in Leduc has handed her badge back – this time it happened literally and publicly – during an impassioned resignation in front of city councillors.
"I respectfully tender my resignation. When I received this badge I was full of pride," Megan Wright said during a Monday meeting, which was streamed online.
"Now when I look at it, all it is is a symbol of my trauma and an unsafe workplace," she said before leaving her badge on a podium in council chambers and walking away.
Leduc Fire Services faces a lawsuit launched by two other former female employees, who claim they suffered descrimination and abuse at work.
Wright was with the service for nearly a decade as a paramedic and firefighter.
She alleges that she made multiple attempts to raise concerns about harassment and abuse, but she wasn't taken seriously.
"What’s your character? Are you lying? Are you making this up? Are you trying to get ahead?" She said as she described how her claims were received.
