Should there be consequences for the employer for not dealing with the matter sooner?

Why or why not?

Perhaps the biggest stories about unions and the work environment over the past couple of years has been the issue of sexual harassment and how widespread it still is. When the behaviours of a former CBC host, Jian Ghomeshi, made the news, CBC decided that it needed to investigate the situation and develop an approach that would prevent something similar in the future. The report from an independent investigator noted that the union, the Canadian Media Guild (CMG), knew of the complaints about Ghomeshi, and other situations of sexual harassment, yet did nothing. After the report was released, the union issued a statement that it welcomes the recommendations in the report, it supports workplaces that are free from harassment, and it is committed to working with the CBC to ensure that the CBC is harassment-free.