Attachment A

My name is and I am a thirteen?year-old girl. In 2013, I applied to work as a
corn detasseler with Harvesting but refused to hire me because of my sex.

On or about May 30, 2013, I attended an information meeting about a Harvesting job
order held at the MichiganWorks! Of?ce in Paw Paw, Michigan. Araceli Diaz, a MichiganWorks!
Agricultural Employment Specialist, led the meeting. I attended the meeting with my stepfather, 1

my aunt, ., and my uncle, My grandparents, I 

had told us about the temporary detasseling job orders. There were about thirty interesred
workers in attendance, including ?ve teenagers: three boys between ?fteen to seventeen years old, and
two other girls, one seventeen and the other thirteen. I learned the others? ages because Ms. Diaz asked
each of us what grade we were in at school. I and the other thirteen?year?old girl were in the eighth
grade, even though I was twelve years old at the time. Ms. Diaz said that I had to be thirteen to be able
to work, and I replied that my thirteenth birthday was a few weeks before the job was scheduled to start
on June 27. Two of my cousins who was 18 years old, and who was 15 years old 
also planned to apply but were not able to attend the information meeting due to a school con?ict. They
planned to attend the next informational meeting. A representative of also attended the meeting.

Ms. Diaz told all of us at the meeting that there would be other families with teenagers working
for that upcoming season. Ms. Diaz assured us that families could stay together in the same work
group. She advised us to carpool together to the motels in Kalamazoo where the buses would be leaving
at 5:00 am each morning to go to the work sites, which were an hour away.

During the meeting, I prepared and submitted electronic resumes and a two-page job application.
My stepfather signed the application as acting guardian on my behalf. A question on the application
asked for personal information, such as my name, age, gender, contact information, work history, and
other similar information. Ms. Diaz distributed copies of the Job Order (Agricultural and Food
Processing Clearance Order ETA Form 790) for all of the attendees? review, one per row. She
explained some of the details of the multi-page Job Order. Enclosed with my complaint is a copy of the
?Agricultural Job Order Information,? which acknowledges that Ms. Diaz referred me to the job,
and that she contacted the employer to verify job openings. Finally, Ms. Diaz announced that we all
would likely be hired by and that the company would contact us to conduct telephone interviews.

On Friday, June 7, 2013, James Marsh of called my home and asked for 
who submitted a resume for a corn detasseling job.? When I answered, Mr. Marsh said that he needed to
speak with my mother since I was under eighteen years old. Since my mother, . was not
at home, Mr. Marsh asked me to have my mother return his call to discuss the job further. My mother
returned Mr. Marsh?s phone call that same day. A woman answered the phone instead, and said she
could speak with my mother about the job. They reviewed the information in my resume and job
application. Mom asked about the hours of work and whether I needed boots or other protective gear.
Because I was eagerly standing by to ?nd out what was being said, my mother repeated most of the
woman?s answers aloud. The representative mentioned that, in years past, there were groups of children
who applied for the detasseling jobs, but ?didn?t get many school-aged kids this year.? The
discussion turned to whether I had applied for other summer jobs. Mom said that I had baby-sitting jobs
lined up that I was not going to pursue so that I could place my full focus on the detasseling job.

The representative asked my mother whether I was hard-working or ?a slacker.? She told
my mom that the job would be dif?cult for me. Mom assured her that I would work hard and that I am
more mature and capable than other thirteen?year?olds. The woman then stated that this was ?not a good

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situation for a young female worker alone? and that she would ?rather . not do the job? because
?there will be many single men from Mexico who were H2A workers? on the work crews and that the
company ?will not be responsible if anything happens while is out in the ?elds.? My mom
replied that my aunt, uncle, and two male cousins had also applied for the same detasseling jobs, and we
all planned to carpool to the bus so we could go to the ?elds together. Mom explained that I would be
working around my aunt and uncle and male cousins, so my being ?out in the ?elds alone? would not be
an issue. The representative responded that whether our family stayed together on the job would
depend ?on what rows [we] are each assigned, and how fast [we] work.? She then concluded the
conversation, indicating that Mom and I should ?think about? whether I should accept the job. Over the
weekend, my family and I discussed the conversation with the representative. I was adamant that
I wanted the job, and I asked Mom to communicate my acceptance to 

On Monday, June 10, my mother telephoned and the same female representative of 
answered. The Job Order we received at the Informational meeting indicated that ?all referrals are
to be made to Anita Coronado or Diane Barnett (863) 675-4585, Monday thru Friday 8:00 am to 5:00
pm.? Therefore, I believe that the person Mom spoke with was either Ms. Coronado or Ms. Barnett.
During this second phone call, Mom told the representative that after discussing the job with me and
other family members, I ?really wanted to do it? and that I would stick close to our other family
members while at the work site. The representative told my mother that she could ?not guarantee that

will even be on the same work crew with her other family members.? Again, the woman
stressed that this was ?not a good situation for a young female worker alone? and that she would ?rather

-. not do the jo because ?there will be all single men ?'om Mexico? on the work crews. This
representative also stated that the company ?will not be responsible for anything that happens to 
in the ?elds.? The representative warned Mom that, ?as a mother, don?t put your child in this situation.
She could get physically or sexually attacked, and you will never know what happened.?

Finally, Mom reluctantly told the representative that she would not permit me to be placed
in that kind of work situation. The representative replied, think you?ve made a good choice not to
accept this job. You are showing good judgment as a parent.? After this second phone call, my family
and I discussed the recent communication with Based on the repeated assertions that 
would not guarantee my safety if I accepted the job, all of my other family members, including my aunt,

concluded that they could not accept the job due to the threatened risk of sexual
harassment to the female members of my family.

A short time after the second phone call with the representative, I received a voice mail
message to call about the detasseling job. When I returned the call, I spoke to a woman who said
she was calling to inform applicants that the starting date for the job had changed to Friday, July 5. I
informed the representative (a person different from the one who spoke with my mother) that my
mom would not allow me to work in that job after hearing the things that the other representative
had told her, particularly that there would be ?single men from Mexico? who would assault me and that
the company ?will not be responsible if something happens? to me while working in the ?elds. The
representative from told me, ?that?s a good decision,? and concluded the conversation.

used scare tactics to compel me to withdraw my job application because it based its hiring
decision on the fact that I am female. For these reasons, I believe that discriminated against me
by refusing to consider me as a job applicant because of my sex.