Archive for September, 2007

Friday, September 21st, 2007 at 8:56am

Of the good, bad and ugly in the Airline Sexism…

Posted by Jennifer Garvey in All Posts, Commentary, Gender Discrimination, Media, News, Politics

By Jennifer Garvey
The rules and regulations for flight attendants have come a long way in the past 40 years or so. Flight attendants in the 1960’s, which consisted mainly of women, had to dress scantily to lure male business men onto their flights. Some airlines even gave the men on board flights little [...]

Thursday, September 20th, 2007 at 9:24am

Female crime reporter struggles for equal pay

Diversity (or, the lack of it) in the newsroom has been a matter of scholarly debates. However, where there is, how are the corporates faring? In the latest examination, a television station fails the test.
Paul Monies writes for Business Writer
U.S. sues KOKH-25, alleges bias in reporter race, gender

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed [...]

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 at 11:21pm

New Cohort: CT University Professes Racism

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, News, Politics, Race Discrimination

In Connecticut, a public university provides parable of shocking race and gender biases. The raw data suggests the reality that is ghastly. From professors openly professing racism to campus newspaper promoting horribly sexist comic strips…. welcome to Conservative America, 2007.
In a revealing article on New Britain Herald, Fran Morales writes at length about this [...]

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 at 9:19am

Shamrock Foods Settles Race and Gender Lawsuit

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Gender Discrimination, News, Race Discrimination

Corporate settlement continues in discrimination cases. Shamrock Foods joins the atonement gang.
Shamrock Foods settles discrimination charges

Cathryn Creno for The Arizona Republic writes:
Shamrock Foods will settle a federal race and gender discrimination lawsuit by paying back wages with interest and offering jobs to some rejected applicants.
The United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance [...]

Monday, September 17th, 2007 at 9:17am

Gay Rights: Hopes Renewed

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Gender Discrimination, LGBT, Media, News, Politics

The political battle over gay rights is unfortunate. Where there should not have been a debate, there is one. The point is, when will the Senate finally accept its responsibility to provide justice to the clearly disadvantaged section of our largely sexist society?
Gay rights advocates expect US House to pass federal ban on job discrimination
The [...]

Sunday, September 16th, 2007 at 9:14am

Pay Gap: EnGendered Debate Continues

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Gender Discrimination, Labor, Media, News, Politics

Barbara Arnwine writes about the gender discrimination in work pay. How consequential is the recent SC judgment to further the already widening class society? Moreover, when shall we finally acknowledge that our political system is getting geared to further the gaps even more?
The ticking clock on pay discrimination

Barbara Arnwine
Arnwine is executive director of the Lawyers’ [...]

Saturday, September 15th, 2007 at 9:04am

Discrimination in fashion world ‘worst since 60s’

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Gender Discrimination, Media, News, Politics

Racism is finally being protested against in the most guarded celebrity shows: the world of modeling. And its heartening to see many top models joining in to highlight the ugly side of beauty business.
Guardian reports:

Supermodels launch anti-racism protest
Ed Pilkington in New York:
Several of the world’s top black supermodels, including Naomi Campbell, Iman, Liya Kebede and [...]

Saturday, September 8th, 2007 at 11:25pm

Gender Gap in Pay on an Alarming Rise

Posted by Jennifer Garvey in Commentary, Gender Discrimination, Labor, News, Opinion, Politics

By Jennifer Garvey
Fantastic. The gender pay gap is increasing in England. Although this isn’t an American statistic it is true here as well, and I feel that it is a huge American problem. For a while the pay gap was decreasing and women were making more and more to the man’s dollar. [...]

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