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 […]
Posted on September 21st, 2007 by Jennifer Garvey
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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 […]
Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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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 […]
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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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 […]
Posted on September 18th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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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 […]
Posted on September 17th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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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’ […]
Posted on September 16th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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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 […]
Posted on September 15th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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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. […]
Posted on September 8th, 2007 by Jennifer Garvey
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