Most US workplaces are not legally compliant with workplace laws that protect against discrimination, harassment, retaliation, lack of safety, public health violations, wage & hour violations, union-busting, consumer fraud & taxpayer fraud.
Most US workplaces regard labor laws as essentially optional; this includes US government workplaces. What happened to Shirley Sherrod happens daily to hundreds of Americans who have no recourse & are not reinstated.
Justice is only available to those who can afford lawyers & most cannot. Government entities & corporations spend millions of dollars to protect harassers, discriminatators & retaliators while doing all they can to fire employees who make legitimate complaints at work. This ruins lives.
This must stop. Labor laws MUST be enforced.