Judge Blocks American Airlines Workers’ Union Election
A federal judge’s ruling has permanently blocked 10,000 American Airlines passenger service agents from voting on joining a union. According to the Communications Workers of America, the judge based his ruling More...
Country Fresh Market to Pay $95,000 to Female Grocery Store Employees Who Were Sexually Harassed
Country Fresh Market, a Brownsville, Pa.-based grocery store, will pay $95,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal More...
General Manager of Oasis Dry Cleaners Routinely Asked Female Employee for Sexual Favors
Frank A. Mora, individually, and as the authorized corporate officer of Two Lac, Inc. d/b/a Oasis One Dry Cleaners, a McAllen, Texas dry cleaning and laundry service, will pay $43,000 and provide significant remedial More...
FedEx Freight to Pay $115,000 For Hiring Unqualified Man Over Three Qualified Women
Photo by Crystian Cruz via Flikr FedEx Freight will pay $115,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced Monday. The agency charged More...
EEOC to Hold EXCELTraining Event July 31-August 2 in Dallas
By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, WASHINGTON—The Training Institute of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that its annual Examining Conflicts in Employment More...
Restaurants Take Part in Booming Niche Known as ‘Brestaurants’ to Boost Sales
Twin Peaks restaurant is offering a lot more than chicken breasts to their patrons in an effort to boost restaurant sales, as it is now featuring it’s waitresses in scantily clad uniforms. The restaurant, which More...
United Road Towing Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Class of Employees With Disabilities
By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, United Road Towing, Inc., a Mokena, Ill.-based towing company, will pay $380,000 to 13 claimants and provide other relief resolving a disability discrimination More...
Villa Galleria Subjected Employee Sexual Harassment by Assistant Supervisor
A St. Louis restaurant will pay $23,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced Friday. The EEOC More...
AFL-CIO Launches ‘Bring Jobs Home’ Campaign
Over the past decade, about 50,000 manufacturing sites closed and 6 million American jobs were lost due to outsourcing, according to the AFL-CIO union. Friday, the union kick-started the first of several nationwide More...
Albuquerque Bakery & Café Pays $20,000 to Woman Denied Training and Position Because of Hearing Impairment
Jaazrubin, LLC, doing business as Savory Fare Bakery and Café in Albuquerque, has agreed to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $20,000 More...
