Scientology in the Workplace
Through WISE - the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises - and consulting firms that promulgate L. Ron Hubbard's "admin tech", Scientologists continue to inject Scientology into the workplace, imposing Scientology training and activities on workers against their wishes, a practice that is contrary to EEOC regulations in the United States.
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| April 17, 1986 | 6 Teachers Balk, Fired Over Scientology Book | Six teachers at a Park Ridge Montessori school were fired yesterday after refusing to use books designed by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, school officials said. The teachers, described as "veterans" of the 16-year-old school, held a meeting protesting the Hubbard materials and also warned parents about the Hubbard book, Bowes said. | |
| April 18, 1986 | Teachers Fired In Scientology Fuss Tell Stand | Susan and Robert Volenec were out of work and their two children were out of school yesterday after an uproar at a Park Ridge Montessori facility over books designed by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The parents were among six teachers fired after they refused to use books designed by Hubbard. | |
| April 19, 1986 | Park Ridge Showdown Parents Protest Firing Of Montessori Teachers | Scientologists and opponents of cults waged a war of leaflets as more than 100 angry parents confronted two representatives of a Park Ridge Montessori school that fired five teachers in a furor over teaching materials. Claiming their children had been traumatized by the abrupt firings, some parents threatened a breach-of-contract lawsuit. Parents said two-thirds of the more than 200 students at the school were withdrawn because the teachers were fired when they refused to use books designed by the founder of the Church of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard. | |
| April 6, 1993 | Struggling Cocolat Closes Next-to-Last S.F. Store | Cocolat Inc., the Hayward-based confection company that is struggling to avoid bankruptcy, yesterday shut one of its two San Francisco stores. In addition to its financial woes, Cocolat has been under attack for its management practices. In recent months a number of high-level managers and employees reportedly quit, claiming that they suffered "religious" harassment because their bosses used management techniques based on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. | |
| April 9, 1995 | Wary Allstate Agents Want Security | Veteran agents are trying to unionize. They claim the insurance company's business strategy reflects certain teachings of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard that stress higher sales at any cost. The company says some agents are simply unhappy with Allstate's new-found emphasis on competition and service. | |
| April 10, 1995 | Letters to the Editor: Scientology in the Workplace | Letters to the Editor on the Wall Street Journal's coverage of the use of Scientology administrative practices, including L. Ron Hubbard's teachings that productivity is all-important; includes letters from Heber Jentzsch, President of Scientology, a Scientologist, two directors of cult information groups, and a former Allstate agent. | |
| April 14, 1997 | Internet Firm Luckman Surfs Rough Waters | Behind the image of a hot young high-tech company on the way up is an unpleasant tale of an ambitious super-salesman who by most accounts is on the way down - and may be taking more than a few people with him. Dozens of former company employees have gone several months without being paid. Creditors have filed suit. And one major backer of the firm alleges in a lawsuit that the company and its founder and chairman, Canadian-born Brent Luckman, have squandered nearly $1 million in company assets on first-class airline tickets, home stereo systems and donations to the Church of Scientology. | |
| April 7, 2000 | Scientology Increasing Activities - Looking At Driving Schools | With massive financial support and personnel from the USA, the Scientologists are again increasingly active in Hamburg. It is primarily the organization's intelligence service, the "Office of Special Affairs (OSA)" which has significantly increased its activity in recent times, reports Ursula Caberta. It is reported that organization opponents are being increasingly spied and eavesdropped upon and harassed. After they have been partly squeezed out of the real estate business, the Scientologists in Hamburg currently have their sights set on driving schools, among other things, according to Caberta. | |
| April 7, 2006 | Ex-Chiropractor To Plead Guilty In Health Care Fraud Case | Markell D. Boulis, 45, a former chiropractor from Collier who ran seminars across the country designed to illegally boost revenue for chiropractic practices, has informed federal authorities that he will enter a plea in two federal cases in Pittsburgh and Columbus. Boulis patterned his company on Practice Mechanix, a firm he ran in South Florida with a fellow Scientologist, David Gorroway, until the two split in a money dispute in 2001. The men had based their seminars on business models taught by the Church of Scientology. |