About Us

Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP is a progressive New York City law firm dedicated to the empowerment of women in the workplace. We represent individuals experiencing all forms of workplace discrimination, specifically those affecting women, including sexual harassment, equal pay, pregnancy discrimination and family and medical leave act violations.

Trans Formed: To Be Homeless & Transgender

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 [...]

More Men Filing Workplace Lawsuits

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 [...]

Every breath you take : Jack Tuckner on How to Respond to a Complaint

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. [...]

“My reproductive rights got in the way of the mission”: Krista Errickson

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 [...]

Two African-American Women File Suit Against the Garden

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 [...]

New slavery investigation on: Tomato pickers continue to suffer

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 [...]

Today’s lead story in the NY Times, “Business Lobby Presses Agenda Before ’08 Vote” should have been entitled…

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 [...]

Talking Sex: Of Pervert Supervisors and Harassed Co-workers

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 [...]

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 [...]

Pay Gap: EnGendered Debate Continues

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’ [...]