{"id":1036629,"date":"2021-11-20T13:29:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036629"},"modified":"2021-11-20T13:29:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:29:38","slug":"times-up-fail-laying-off-staff-halting-operations-in-effort-to-reset-following-cuomo-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/times-up-fail-laying-off-staff-halting-operations-in-effort-to-reset-following-cuomo-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Time&#039;s Up Fail: Laying Off Staff, Halting Operations in Effort to &#039;Reset&#039; Following Cuomo Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftimes-up-fail-laying-off-staff-halting-operations-in-effort-to-reset-following-cuomo-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The #MeToo organization Time\u2019s Up is laying off staff and bringing its current operations to a halt in an effort to \u201creset\u201d itself in the wake of embarrassing internal scandals, including top executive support of disgraced New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).<\/p>\n<p>Time\u2019s Up <a href=\"https:\/\/timesupnow.org\/newsroom\/times-up-announces-major-reset-committed-to-full-transparency\/\">announced<\/a> Friday \u2014 International Men\u2019s Day \u2014 that the organization&nbsp;\u201cwill be rebuilt from the ground up.\u201d&nbsp;Current programmatic operations will end January 1, while laid-off staff will receive severance through March 1, the group said. Interim CEO&nbsp;Monifa Bandele is stepping down, leaving a small transition team and board to oversee the overhaul.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The group didn\u2019t say how many of its staff will receive pink slips but <em>Variety<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/film\/news\/times-up-lay-off-staff-reset-controversy-1235116242\/\">reported<\/a> most of the 25-member staff will be gone by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement represents a major admission of failure for Time\u2019s Up, which was launched by a group of Hollywood celebrities&nbsp;in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal as a way to address sexual misconduct in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BdrBchHHOXc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.26923076923077\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the #MeToo organization quickly became mired in its own scandals, which included the revelation that it was protecting powerful Democrat politicians from accusations of sexual harassment and assault. The organization was closely aligned with the powerful Democrat PR firm SKDKnickerbocker, which is run by Anita Dunn.<\/p>\n<p>Time\u2019s Up has denied SKDK played a role in its decision regarding Reade, even though SKDK vice chair Hilary Rosen&nbsp;co-founded the Time\u2019s Up Legal Defense Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Other scandals include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&nbsp;Time\u2019s Up splurged big on salaries, but spent relatively little on helping alleged victims<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During its founding year of 2018, the group raised an impressive $3,670,219, but spent $1,407,032 on salaries and just $312,001 on the&nbsp;Time\u2019s Up Legal Defense Fund for victims of sexual harassment. In addition, the group reportedly spent tens of thousands of dollars on advertising, and $940,328 on \u201clegal\u201d costs, with the bulk of that figure going to Arnold &amp; Porter Kaye Scholer, the multinational law firm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&nbsp;Time\u2019s Up sided with founding donor Oprah Winfrey over Russell Simmons\u2019 rape accusers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_17484026\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"36.432225063939\">&nbsp;The group took sides against Russell Simmons\u2019 rape accusers by declining to support a documentary that would have explored the allegations against the music mogul. Oprah Winfrey was set to serve as executive producer of the documentary but withdrew her support after what one <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2020\/06\/russell-simmons-accusers-documentary-times-up.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">report<\/a> stated was a possible whisper campaign against the movie. Simmons was a major fundraiser for the Obamas.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><strong>Time\u2019s Up Healthcare&nbsp;co-founder failed to report&nbsp;complaints of sexual harassment<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"9.6707818930041\">Nearly one-third of Time\u2019s Up Healthcare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/03\/11\/anti-sexual-harassment-group-times-up-sees-mass-resignations-after-co-founder-allegedly-failed-to-report-complaints-of-sexual-harassment\/\">resigned<\/a> in protest after it was revealed that co-founder and board member Esther Choo didn\u2019t report complaints of sexual harassment made by a co-worker at Oregon Health &amp; Science University (OHSU).<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><strong>First Time\u2019s Up CEO resigned under controversy<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Time\u2019s Up got off on the wrong foot when its first&nbsp;president and CEO Lisa Borders resigned after just a few months on the job, following misconduct allegations against her son.<\/p>\n<p>Former Time\u2019s Up CEO Tina Tchen \u2014 an Obama White House official \u2014 resigned earlier this year following reports&nbsp;&nbsp; that she had instructed the group not to issue a statement in support of Gov. Cuomo\u2019s initial accuser. &nbsp;Time\u2019s Up board chairwoman Roberta Kaplan also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/08\/10\/times-up-chairwoman-resigns-after-advising-andrew-cuomo-on-sexual-harassment-accusation\/\">stepped down<\/a>&nbsp;after&nbsp;it was revealed she advised the Cuomo administration on how to fight a sexual harassment allegation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18836810\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1328570093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18836810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1328570093.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1434\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Tina Tchen speaks at a demonstration calling for Care Work to be recognized as Climate Work on July 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Time\u2019s Up declined to help former Congressional staffer Tara Reade in her allegation that Joe Biden assaulted her nearly three decades ago. \u201cI actually cried a little because I felt really betrayed,\u201d Reade has said about the group. \u201cThey never told me that their public relations was run by Anita Dunn.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The #MeToo organization Time\u2019s Up is laying off staff and bringing its current operations to a halt in an effort to \u201creset\u201d itself in the wake of embarrassing internal scandals, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}