Opinion ID: 2976348
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Jackie Cunningham

Text: Cunningham was hired by Anheuser-Busch in May of 1996. She was transferred to brewery line 75 in 1999 and began working with Robinson at that time. Cunningham became concerned about Robinson’s conduct after she saw him near her residence and believed that he was following her. She alleged that, shortly after she saw Robinson near her home, he began to harass her at work. Specifically, Cunningham recounted in her deposition that (1) during a training session in 1999, Robinson sang a rap song to her with the lyrics: “Baby, won’t you back that thing up,” and then held money in his hand and said: “Is that what it’s gonna take?”, (2) Robinson tried to put his hand on her shoulder, but she moved away, (3) Robinson said: “I will suck your pussy but you got to suck my dick,” (4) Robinson caressed her back and she responded by screaming at him: “Don’t touch me,” (5) Robinson told her to come over to his vehicle at work and, when she refused, he chased her around and tried to grab her as she ran away, (6) Robinson asked her: “Why don’t you just suck my dick?”, and (7) Robinson told Cunningham that he was getting rid of his girlfriend, and asked her: “Why don’t you just make up your mind?” while trying “to feel on her.” Cunningham also said that she could not remember every instance of harassing behavior, but that Robinson would harass her “on and off” and would “push on and on.” She allegedly complained to her supervisor, Eric Steinberg, “a few times” about Robinson’s behavior and contacted plant operations manager Richard Sambecki to request a transfer. Cunningham also asserted that she told her supervisors that life was “unbearable” on line 75 and that Robinson was “really trying to make [her] job difficult,” but admitted that she did not explicitly say that Robinson was sexually harassing her. She also talked with her union steward, Leslie Schoenian, about Robinson’s behavior. Schoenian advised Cunningham of the things that Robinson “was capable of” and suggested that the best solution would be to simply move to another brewery line. Shortly thereafter, Cunningham told Schoenian that she wanted to move lines, and Schoenian discussed the matter with management. The brewery then transferred Cunningham to a new line. Even after the transfer, however, Cunningham alleged that she felt harassed by Robinson’s friends and said that “stuff still followed [her]” to her new position.