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On Monday afternoon, NAR Accountability Project leaders and local officials protested in front of NAR Chicago headquarters ahead of the NAR Board of Directors meeting as part of the organization’s National Day of Action.During the protests, the group Press conferencethe group’s founder, Jason Haber, said: compass needle Agent From Manhattan, he called for fundamental changes in trade organizations.
“The days of silencing women are over. Make changes now. There’s no reason to wait,” Haber said. “They will meet in this building at 2:30 this afternoon and if they have the will to do the right thing, they can enact these changes and by 5 p.m. That’s why we’re calling for them to act, and act now. ”
In addition to urging NAR to act, Haber also highlighted his group’s success in campaigning for NAR. Losing designation as a “Great Place to Work”.
14th Illinois State Representativeth district kelly cassidyand Sharmili MarjumdarExecutive Vice President, Policy Programs and Research employment of womenjoined Mr. Haber at the press conference.
Cassidy called on NAR to stop using non-disclosure agreements.
“I’m here today to demand an end to the abuse of non-disclosure agreements that have been so often used by this organization to help silence victims and insulate abusers,” Cassidy said. he said.
On Monday, the day after the Times’ exposé, Mr. Haber Change.org petition Demands the removal of former NAR president Kenny Purcell. (Purcell resigned Monday night.) By Wednesday, the effort had NAR Accountability Project.
A week after the Times article was published, Haber launched another petition calling for the resignation of Bob Goldberg and other NAR executives.
in LinkedIn Post, Haber writes: “The original post on Twitter/X and the online petition calling for his resignation were as far as I was prepared to take this. 48 hours after we started the petition, Mr. Purcell I resigned. I could have stopped there. But after hearing directly from the victims, I knew there was more work to do. Mr. Purcell blamed the toxic culture, not the disease at NAR. It was a symptom. The culture that has allowed sexual harassment to flourish needs to change,” he wrote.
In addition to resigning or firing Goldberg and others, the plan calls for all former employees and independent contractors to be released from non-trade secret nondisclosure agreements and for NAR to conduct a “thorough and comprehensive internal investigation.” requires maintaining an independent law firm in order to do so. ” and NAR decided to implement a third-party personnel reporting system.
according to another LinkedIn Post According to Haber, the four-point plan is aimed at “strengthening the NAR, restoring staff trust, and bringing accountability back to the organization. Nothing is made to be transformed into something.”
“In fact, our reform package will do the opposite and put NAR on a path to great success. What happens at NAR will have ripple effects throughout the industry. This is not just about NAR; , is a reckoning for our industry. This is why so many people are engaging with us,” he added.
Haber wrote that the ideas for the four-point plan came from more than 1,000 industry experts. Haber said he sent the plan to NAR, but no one responded.
The petition had more than 600 signatures as of Monday afternoon.
