Mantua Village employees say they endured years of workplace harassment under Mayor Clark

Chelsea Gregor, Clerk of Council, says that her mental health has gotten a lot better since leaving her former postition. “It felt so good to be around people that respected me and my decision to speak up,” said Gregor. Asha Blake/ The Portager.

Mantua Village employees say they endured years of workplace harassment under Mayor Clark

- Lyndsey Brennan

Mayor Linda Clark has led the village of Mantua for nearly a decade, a fixture in the community who has presided over a revival of the downtown business district.

She has also created a work environment in the village administration that some employees called hostile, directing constant criticism and inappropriate sexual comments at certain employees, causing at least three of them to resign in distress and prompting an investigation into workplace bullying by the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office.

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