The night my church opened its 10-bed homeless shelter for 18-to-24-year-olds, I volunteered to supervise them. A novice to any kind of shelter experience, I was nervous as I dragged my red cart with pillow and blanket to the church, and grateful that Mina, an elegant, 70-something social worker, also would be there.
Six young people [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
Filed under: All Posts, LGBT, Labor, Media, News, Politics | No Comments »
The macho man image is dying in the workplace.
Tresa Baldas writes in The National Law Journal
Employment and family law attorneys say a growing number of men are filing a wide variety of workplace lawsuits, suing over everything from more leave time to care for their children to sexual harassment.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission notes that [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
Filed under: All Posts, Gender Discrimination, Labor, Media, News, Sexual Harassment | No Comments »
The following article has been published in May issue of First Line Magazine:
By Portia Stewart, Editor, FirstLine
He’s watching you. You can’t concentrate, you’re afraid to be alone with him, and the comments won’t stop. Sexual harassment can be relentless, consuming your work and your life. It happened to these women—and it could happen to you. [...]
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by Jack Tuckner, Esq.
Filed under: All Posts, Gender Discrimination, Labor, Media, Opinion, Politics, Sexual Harassment | No Comments »
Krista Errickson has refused to be a mere addition to the ever growing statistics related to pregnancy discrimination at American workplace.
Instead, she has filed a lawsuit against her former employer Faye Wattleton. Ironically, Wattleton represents a non-profit working in the sphere of women’s rights, Center for the Advancement of Women.
Jack Tuckner, who represents [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Saswat Pattanayak
Filed under: All Posts, Commentary, Gender Discrimination, Labor, Media, News, Opinion, Politics, Pregnancy Discrimination | No Comments »
By Sonali Chhibber
As you will read in the NY Times article today, Tuckner Sipser filed suit yesterday against Madison Square Garden and Cablevision Systems Corporation on behalf of our clients Diane Henson and Sheila Gay-Robbins. Once again MSG has proven that it has a wanton disregard for its female employees. The people in [...]
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Sonali Chhibber
Filed under: All Posts, Commentary, Gender Discrimination, Labor, News, Opinion, Politics | No Comments »
By Sonali Chhibber
A recent New York Time article entitled “Campaign to Raise Tomato Picker’s Wages Faces Obstacles†highlights the plights of tomato pickers amidst corporate clashes and compromises with the cooperatives.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers wants to raise the price of tomatoes to a penny more per pound. This would mean that the wages [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Sonali Chhibber
Filed under: All Posts, Commentary, Labor, Media, News, Opinion, Politics | 1 Comment »
Wealthy Business Owners Voting Republican Vote for Own Interests, Even if Short-Sighted and Mean-Spirited
Everyone Else Votes Republican Due to Ignorance caused By Profound Stupidity and Laziness aided by Corporate Media Collusion.
By Jack Tuckner, Esq.
The story reveals that the United States Labor Department, the Bush Administration, the GOP candidates and the powerful Business Lobby are pushing [...]
Posted on December 2nd, 2007 by Jack Tuckner, Esq.
Filed under: All Posts, Commentary, Labor, News, Opinion, Politics | No Comments »
By Jennifer Garvey
In what crazy world does an employer deem it acceptable to talk about sex in the office? Well not so crazy as it seems it is happening more and more these days. One of our clients, Excenia Fofana was an employee at Odyssey House which is an organization that helps those struggling with [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2007 by Jennifer Garvey
Filed under: All Posts, Commentary, Gender Discrimination, Labor, Media, News, Sexual Harassment | No Comments »
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
Filed under: All Posts, Gender Discrimination, Labor, Media, News, Politics, Race Discrimination | No Comments »
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
Filed under: All Posts, Gender Discrimination, Labor, Media, News, Politics | No Comments »
