Fortescue becomes latest Australian miner to face sexual harassment class action suit

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Fortescue becomes latest Australian miner to face sexual harassment class action suit Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue is facing a class action lawsuit from female workers over allegations of systemic sexual harassment, violence and retaliation at the iron ore miner’s remote work sites. The lawsuit, filed in the federal court in Victoria on Thursday, includes an allegation that a woman was pulled into a dark alley where a man “tried to stick his tongue down my throat”. Another female employee allegedly found a male stranger in her room when returning to her accommodation.