00:02A quick trawl of TikTok finds women mine workers posting about men behaving badly on site.
00:08Lawyer Paris Hamray is special counsel in the class action against Twiggy Forest iron ore giant Fortescue.
00:15She says thousands of women have come forward alleging abuse at its remote WA mining camps.
00:22From sexual assault and rape through to inappropriate comments being made about women's bodies
00:28and being told that to keep their job they need to get on their knees or provide some sexual favour
00:35to the man.
00:36The matter will be tested in the federal court with two lead plaintiffs who've requested their names be redacted due
00:42to fears for their safety.
00:44When women are raising their concerns they're often silenced, dismissed and in worse cases they're being forced out of their
00:51jobs.
00:51He's gagged after signing non-disclosure agreements.
00:55But the ABC has spoken to a male mine worker who says he was bullied after calling out the abuse
01:01he saw.
01:02Basically you're targeted. If you speak up and say something, basically it's reversed back on you to make you look
01:11like you're the troublemaker.
01:12It's dangerous. It's a wild wild west really.
01:15It was the WA government's 2022 Enough is Enough report that first delivered a scathing review of sexual assault in
01:23the state's fly-in and fly-out sector,
01:26laying bare predatory workplaces including Fortescue.
01:30The company says it's committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace and that sexual harassment has no place
01:38at Fortescue.
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