Last week, Seattle's electric utility published a video from its interim general manager and CEO Jim Baggs dealing explicitly with the topic of sexual harassment.

Baggs urged victims of sexual harassment or witnesses to it, to report the incidents. He asked employees—from fieldworkers to office interns—to join him in "making it a priority."

"We need to specifically talk about sexual harassment against employees, and everyday sexism against women," he said.

Baggs started his job recently, after former City Light CEO Larry Weis announced his resignation in December. A month earlier, The Stranger published a story about sexual harassment complaints at the utility, and the efforts undertaken by one employee in particular to bring those complaints—and complaints about a sexist workplace culture—to light.

That same employee, who wanted to remain anonymous as the "Seattle Silence Breaker," said she thought Baggs' video was a step, but wanted to see more from Mayor Durkan.

"Encouraging people to tell their stories and report what they see or hear, without talking about the culture of fear around retaliation, is quite irresponsible," the employee said.

Mayor Durkan, shortly before the new year, released a letter to her cabinet expressing her concern about sexual harassment, and her intent to create a streamlined, central human resources reporting system for employee complaints in individual departments.