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Federal Sexual Harassment and RICO Lawsuit Defendents IPA and Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Posted by Gabrielle Cusumano on Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:03:00 PM

"But it’s the sexual harassment case that provides the most compelling reason for Hillary to return the money. After all, I thought she was supposed to be a champion for women. Judging from the alleged victims at IPA, they could have used one."

"While John Burgess and IPA’s upper management, including Director of Sales, Dan Drugan; Director of Business Coordination and Director of Recruiting and collections, Rich Lubicz; Director of Business Coordination and Senior Executive, Scott Kollins; Director of Inside Sales, Tony Jones; and Hybrid Director, Keith Link, were the worst perpetrators of sexual harassment, the harassment at issue in this case was by no means limited to these men. Indeed, women alleged that they were harassed by men within all levels of the company, from the owner and upper management, to business coordinators and the janitor. No department at IPA was free from harassment. Men in the business coordination, inside sales, outside sales, hybrid, recruiting, collections, and the accounting departments harassed women and women in all of these departments were subjected to harassment."

Excerpted from ReverseSpin .com and
Hillary and a ‘gauntlet of abuse’
Posted on 04.30.07 by dancurry at:
http://www.reversespin.com/?m=200704

International Profit Associates 2007 Campaign Contributions Excerpted from CampaignMoney.com
CHUNG, MICHAEL
CHICAGO, IL 60614		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES/CON $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT G 04/18/2007
BURGESS, TYLER P
WAUCONDA, IL 60084		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES/DIR $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT G 04/18/2007
Ryan, Tom
LITTLETON, CO 80127		 International Profit Associates/Dir $1,000 HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT - DEMOCRAT P 06/17/2007
BURGESS, JOHN R
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES/MAN $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT G 04/18/2007
Steinberg, Gregg
NORTHBROOK, IL 60062		 International Profit Associates/Pre $2,300 MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS - DEMOCRAT P 06/30/2007
Steinberg, Gregg
NORTHBROOK, IL 60062		 International Profit Associates/Pre $2,300 MELISSA BEAN FOR CONGRESS - DEMOCRAT G 06/30/2007
Steinberg, Gregg M
NORTHBROOK, IL 60062		 International Profit Associates/Pre $2,300 HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT - DEMOCRAT P 09/05/2007
Steinberg, Gregg M
NORTHBROOK, IL 60062		 International Profit Associates/Pre $5,000 ALL AMERICA PAC P 05/15/2007
BREWER, DONNA
HAWTHORN WOODS, IL 60047		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES/VIC $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT G 04/18/2007
http://www.campaignmoney.com/finance.asp?type=io&cycle=08&criteria=International+Profit+Associates

Also see more of Tyler Burgess, International Profit Associates for 2007



John R. Burgess 2007 at CampaignMoney.Com
  (What no money contributed to Hillary's Presidential Campaign?)

(http://www.campaignmoney.com/finance.asp?pg=5&type=in&criteria=Burgess&prevpage=9&cycle=08
Burgess, John
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 IPA/Owner $2,300 LAUZEN FOR CONGRESS - REPUBLICAN P 09/28/2007
Burgess, John
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 IPA/Owner $2,300 LAUZEN FOR CONGRESS - REPUBLICAN G 09/28/2007
Burgess, John E.
PAHRUMP, NV 89048		 Retired/Retired $500 RON PAUL 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - REPUBLICAN P 09/28/2007
BURGESS, JOHN R
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES/MAN $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT G 04/18/2007
BURGESS, JOHN R MR
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 IPA/MGR DIR $1,000 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - REPUBLICAN P 07/10/2007
continued (next page on campaignmoney.com)
BURGESS, JOHN R
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 IPA $2,000 KENNEDY FOR SENATE 2012 - DEMOCRAT P 02/09/2005
BURGESS, JOHN R
N BARRINGTON, IL 60010		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATION $250 FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE - DEMOCRAT P 03/02/2005
Burgess, John R
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 IPA/Mgr Dir $1,000 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - DEMOCRAT P 03/08/2005
John R. Burgess of International Profit Associates  Campaign Contributions in 2006
Name/Location Employer/Occupation $ Amount Contributed Contributed To Primary/
General		 Date
BURGESS, JOHN R
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		  -- $2,000 KENNEDY FOR SENATE 2012 - DEMOCRAT P 05/23/2006
BURGESS, JOHN R
N BARRINGTON, IL 60010		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATION $250 FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE - DEMOCRAT P 06/07/2005
BURGESS, JOHN R
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES $26,000 DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - DEMOCRAT P 06/14/2005
BURGESS, JOHN R
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATION/CE $2,000 BOB CASEY FOR PENNSYLVANIA COMMITTEE - DEMOCRAT P 11/14/2005
Burgess, John R
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 International Profit Associate/Dire $10,000 MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE - DEMOCRAT P 11/14/2006
BURGESS, JOHN R MR
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES/MAN $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT P 01/25/2006
BURGESS, JOHN R MR
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES/MAN $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT G 01/25/2006
BURGESS, JOHN R MR
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		  -- $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT P 05/07/2006
BURGESS, JOHN R MR
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		  -- $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT G 05/07/2006
BURGESS, JOHN R MR
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		  -- $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT P 05/07/2006
BURGESS, JOHN R MR
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		  -- $2,100 MCCASKILL FOR MISSOURI - DEMOCRAT G 05/07/2006
Burgess, John R Mr.
BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089		 Intl. Profit Associates/Manager $500 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE - REPUBLICAN P 01/04/2006


Scott Kollins Contribution List in 2006

Name & Location Employer/Occupation Dollar
Amount		 Date Primary/
General		 Contibuted To
Kollins, Scott R
GURNEE, IL
60031		 International Profit Associates/Dir $1,800 09/07/2005 P HILL PAC
KOLLINS, SCOTT R
GURNEE, IL
60031		 $1,800 06/15/2005 G FRIENDS OF HILLARY - Democrat
KOLLINS, SCOTT R
GURNEE, IL
60031		 IPA $1,900 04/16/2005 G FRIENDS OF HILLARY - Democrat
http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/scott-kollins.asp?cycle=06

More of the Reverse Spin article from above here:
We’ve reported previously that despite her enthusiastic endorsement from the National Organization for Women (NOW), Hillary Clinton apparently has no problem associating with a company accused of widespread sexual harassment in a federal lawsuit.

We got our hands on a recent filing in that lawsuit and it is apparent this is not your garden variety sexual harassment case. In a September 2006 response brief (click on document above) to a motion for summary judgment, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) outlined its case against International Profit Associates (IPA) of suburban Buffalo Grove, Il., outside Chicago.

IPA’s management, led by John Burgess, created a culture at IPA where sexual harassment flourished. IPA’s senior managers harassed women with impunity, sending a signal to lower-level managers and employees that they could do the same. Given the tone set by IPA’s senior management, it is not surprising that sexual harassment at IPA was rampant in all departments and at all levels of the company. Women at IPA routinely had to endure a gauntlet of abuse, ranging from sexual solicitations and physical harassment, to sexual comments and offensive sexual materials. Based on the extensive record of harassment presented in this case, IPA is not entitled to a finding that as a matter of law, the sexual harassment that occurred at the company was insufficiently severe or pervasive to survive summary judgment.

IPA, in court documents, has denied the allegations.


Clinton took the NOW endorsement while holding some $150,000 in campaign contributions from executives of IPA. The company and its founder, convicted felon John Burgess, have become so radioactive in the political world that politicians across the country have returned tens of thousands of dollars, according to a New York Times story last year. The Times says Clinton took more than $150,000 from IPA and its agents while the online database Open Secrets pegs the amount at about $130,000, making the firm her 12th largest career donor. We’ve seen no online or published evidence that Clinton has returned the money. In the Times story last year a spokewoman said the matter was under review.


The association between Hillary and IPA was more than casual. Even if she returned the money tomorrow, it doesn’t change the fact that Hillary attended a company awards dinner in 2004 while the sexual harassment case was pending, according to a Jan. 10, 2004 article titled “Company’s founder has a past of highs and lows” in the Daily Herald (link not available).

The company’s annual “Celebration of Success” dinner always draws top politicians. Sen. Hillary Clinton was this year’s spotlight attendee. A Clinton spokesman described Burgess as a “family friend” in a recent Associated Press article.

In addition to the sexual harassment complaint, IPA has a long history of complaints from small and medium sized businesses who say they were scammed. The Better Business Bureau has given IPA an “unsatisfactory record” because of reoccurring complaints, 417 in the last three years, and the Illinois Attorney General’s office has a pending fraud investigation.

Excerpted from ReverseSpin.com at: http://www.reversespin.com/?m=200704

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