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...
Pinetop Lakeside Sanitary District to Compensate Female Victims of Alleged Discrimination
By the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Pinetop-Lakeside Sanitary District (PLSD) will furnish monetary and other relief to settle charges of sexual harassment and retaliation which were filed with the U.S. More...
Mother Sues Restaurant After Being Fired For Having a Baby
A former employee at Northside Bar and Grill in Bucktown claims she was picked on after falling pregnant and fired after giving birth. Marzena Castillo, from Chicago Illinois, is now suing her former employer for More...
Asian Americans: The Best-Educated, Highest-Income, Fastest Growing Race in the Country
A century ago, the majority of Asian Americans were low-skilled, low-wage laborers, crowded in ethnic enclaves and targets of discrimination – today they are considered to be the best educated and fastest-growing More...
Johns Hopkins Home Health Care to Pay $160,000 for Failing to Accommodate Employee with Breast Cancer Then Firing Her
By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, Inc. (JHHCG), a full-service home health care provider, will pay $160,000 and provide other relief to settle an Americans with More...
Southwest Ticket Agent Bars Woman from Boarding Flight Because of Her ‘Inappropriate Cleavage’
Southwest Airlines issued an apology to a woman who was told that she could not board a flight because her cleavage was deemed to be “inappropriate”. The NY Daily News reports that she was boarding a 6 a.m. More...
Stanford Executive Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice in $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme
One of Stanford Financial Group’s top investment executives is expected to plead guilty to obstruction of justice for her alleged role in one of the largest frauds in U.S. history – a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. According More...
Nassau County to Pay $65,000 For Firing 71-Year-Old Lifeguard Because of Age
By U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Nassau County on Long Island will pay $65,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency More...
SunTrust Bank Sued by EEOC in Class Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
By the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, SunTrust Banks, Inc., one of the nation’s largest providers of financial services, violated federal law when a branch manager sexually harassed three More...
