10 famous whistleblowers in US history
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Updated: 2023-06-02 14:56
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Vera English
While working as a lab technician at a nuclear facility operated by General Electric in the US in 1984, Vera English was alarmed by the frequency of radioactive spillages. English contacted both her supervisor and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about her concerns, but nothing was done and English was fired shortly after.
After a long legal battle, her Supreme Court case, English v. General Electric Company, set a precedent that allowed whistleblowers to pursue cases under the state law. English's victory also set a precedent for the use of whistleblower protection laws in other nuclear energy cases, and demonstrated how the existing whistleblower laws can be used to protect against corporate retaliation.
