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Aug 27, 2020
Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal Brown University Plan to Dismantle Title IX Agreement
PROVIDENCE, R.I. 鈥� A series of internal emails and documents made public today reveal an intentional plan by Brown University officials to undermine and ultimately destroy a long...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Jun 19, 2020
桃子视频of Georgia Supports HB 1114 to Restore Maternal Health Fund and Postpartum Medicaid Extension
ATLANTA 鈥� The 桃子视频of Georgia supports HB 1114 to restore the maternal health fund and postpartum Medicaid extension, which passed the House 162-1.
At least 70 counties have no ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Women's Rights
Jan 14, 2020
桃子视频Statement on Congress鈥� First Step to Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
WASHINGTON 鈥� The House Committee on Education and Labor advanced, by a vote of 29-17, bipartisan legislation today that will protect the health and economic security of pregnant ...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Dec 10, 2019
桃子视频Sues Frontier Airlines for Discrimination Against Pregnant and Breastfeeding Employees
DENVER 鈥� The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed two companion lawsuits today against Frontier Air...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Freyer v. Frontier and Hodgkins v. Frontier
Nov 12, 2019
ACLU, Michigan Workers File Class Action Lawsuit Against McDonald鈥檚 for Sexual Harassment
DETROIT 鈥� The 桃子视频 and Michigan McDonald鈥檚 workers filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to force the company to address a 鈥渟ystemic problem�...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Sep 25, 2019
In Historic Decision on Digital Bias, EEOC Finds Employers Violated Federal Law When They Excluded Women and Older Workers From Facebook Job Ads
WASHINTON 鈥� The Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced yesterday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces federal equa...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
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