INDUSTRY-WIDE ANTI-HARASSMENT INITIATIVE LAUNCHES

Workplace sexual harassment and violence against females have long been major issues within the beverage alcohol industry (as with many other industries). A brand new initiative is hoping to provide support and prevention tools along with training and a confidential hotline. Women of the Vine & Spirits (WOTVS), the only global membership organization dedicated to empowering and advancing women across every industry sector and all three tiers in the beverage alcohol industry, has announced 86 Harassment, an industry-wide initiative addressing sexual harassment and gender-based violence within the beverage alcohol and hospitality industries. The program, which has been in development since 2020 with corporate catalyst funding from Women of the Vine & Spirits and Pernod Ricard North, was recently announced at the WOTVS Global CONNECT! Conference hosted in collaboration with the DISCUS Conference, in San Diego. The initiative is additionally funded and supported by industry association partners, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States and Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America and corporate sponsors Pernod Ricard North America and Republic National Distributing Company. 86 Harassment will support employers and employees with the following free resources: Customized Training; an Industry-specific Dedicated Confidential Crisis Intervention Hotline; and a Centralized Resource Hub. For more information on this program visit 86harassment.com or email info@86harassment.com.