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Gender Harassment in One of the World’s Most Respected Police Forces
June 25, 2013. By Brenda Craig.
Vancouver, BC: It’s not the demands of the job, but their fellow male officers that have pushed dozens, if not hundreds, of women in Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to the breaking point says lawyer Alexander Zaitzeff, who represents dozens of female Mounties in a massive class-action gender discrimination suit against the iconic Canadian police force, whose red scarlet tunic is recognized around the world.
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"This Noose is for You"
August 27, 2009. By Brenda Craig.
Birmingham, AL Even though the plaintiffs and the Nucor Corp Steel is slightly out of the firm's usual geographical area, veteran civil rights and discrimination lawyer Robert L. Wiggins says the facts of the case are so compelling that when the NAACP approached him, he took the case.
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Citigroup Engaged in Recessionary Discrimination says Attorney Wigdor
March 13, 2009. By Brenda Craig.
New York, NY: According to Douglas Wigdor, an astute young lawyer at Thompson, Wigdor & Gilly in New York City, the current economic conditions are a golden opportunity for companies to practice a kind of stealth employee discrimination. Among the streams of American workers headed for the door, Wigdor sees a disproportionate number of women, blacks, Latinos and older workers.
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Attorney Steven Sprenger: TV Writers' Lawsuits Get Momentum
September 4, 2008. By Brenda Craig.
Washington, DC: "Employers aren't that concerned that they are violating age discrimination laws," says attorney Steven Sprenger. "They think there is a relationship between employment and age, and as you get older people should just exit the workforce."
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