My Manager is the Human Resource Managers Husband!

After 5 years of working as a Technician with this company, I have witnessed unsafe and unlawful behaviors. The concerns I have had and the processes that were unfair and unsafe were mentioned to Human Resources....and there was no action taken other than, I am sure, the HR Manager and my Department Manager having wonderful bedtalk discussing how they can now make my life miserable! My Boss is married to the HR Manager!

My Manager has his "sidekick" constantly go back to him and debrief him on things that I do and don't do througout the day. Of course, this is coming from the department tattle tail that dislikes me. I have had tools and equipment hidden from me, I have approached my Manager with safety concerns, operation concerns, unfair distribution of work load between the technicians...and was informed that if I did not like it, I could walk acroos the street! (to another plant). After approaching upper managment, my workload increases as informed that I have to work late right before it is time to leave for the day. I cannot go to anyone because of very small chain of command. Our Plant Manager will do nothing because he wants everyone to fear retaliation because it is keeping everyone's mouths closed, and anyone at a higher level will think everything is working fine. I cannot go to HR, because of the conflict of interest with my Manager being married to her. We are living the old textile plant politics. The old southern retaliation methods of "Keep your mouth closed or your unemployed". There is no corporate HR. There is only our plant and no Complaint Hotline. What are my rights.