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But Monday's lawsuit, filed by former Tesla employee Marcus Vaughn, is the first to bring those claims on behalf of a large class of black workers at the automaker's Fremont, California factory.

Not exact matches

The San Jose Mercury News recently took a deep look at Silicon Valley drug use, attributing it to «newly minted wealth, intense competition between companies and among their workers, the deadline pressure of one product launch after another and a robust regional black - market drug pipeline.»

At 11 a.m., low - income NYers hold a protest calling on the NY Federal Reserve president to vote against any rate increases that impact black an Latino workers, 33 Liberty St., Manhattan.

Also at 11 a.m., wheelchair advocates join taxi, livery, black car and luxury car drivers, base owners and workers to call on the City Council to act on regulating the taxi and for - hire vehicle industry, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

New York City fast food workers involved in the $ 15 - an - hour wage battle came together with Black Lives Matter and civil rights activists and headed to Washington at the beginning of the month to participate in the second Million Man March.

At 11 a.m., workers on strike at the Momentive chemical plant in Waterford travel to Apollo Global Management headquarters in New York City to demand private equity magnate Leon Black negotiate a fair contract in good faith, 260 Hudson River Rd., WaterforAt 11 a.m., workers on strike at the Momentive chemical plant in Waterford travel to Apollo Global Management headquarters in New York City to demand private equity magnate Leon Black negotiate a fair contract in good faith, 260 Hudson River Rd., Waterforat the Momentive chemical plant in Waterford travel to Apollo Global Management headquarters in New York City to demand private equity magnate Leon Black negotiate a fair contract in good faith, 260 Hudson River Rd., Waterford.

Paul Brown, president of the Buffalo Building and Construction Trades Council, said the relatively low proportion of African - American workers at Riverbend was due to the makeup of the trades that have been working there so far, in particular Operating Engineers and Ironworkers — unions in which black workers have not traditionally been well - represented.

Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan went to a barbering shop in Turkey to shave his hair and a conversation with the workers developed into an emotional one after an 11 - year - old Hussein who works at the barbering shop disclosed to him how he lost eight friends including his best pal, Mohammed when playing a game in Mosul, Syria.

I got heavily involved in unionizing black workers, which got me into an awful lot of trouble because it was illegal at the time.

The mishap at the U.S. Energy Department facility exposed 22 workers to low levels of radiation and ranks as one of the few black marks on the safety record at the disposal site since it opened in 1999.

Why black workers lost public sector jobs at higher rates than other groups during the Great Recession is unclear.

Job cuts among black government workers declined at steeper rates than other groups even after controlling for education, job type, skill differences and other factors.

Blacks stand out from other STEM workers for the high share who report having experienced race - related discrimination at work.

Along with a request that women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes speak out and raise awareness by wearing black, the initiative includes a legal defense fund, backed by $ 13 million in donations, to help less privileged women — like janitors, nurses, farm and factory workers, waitresses, hotel housekeepers — protect themselves from sexual misconduct and the fallout from reporting it; legislation to penalize companies that tolerate persistent harassment, and to discourage the use of nondisclosure agreements to silence victims; and a drive to at long last reach gender parity at studios and talent agencies that reportedly has already begun making headway.

13, is a veteran Black Hawk Army pilot, a Thai nonprofit worker, and recent graduate of the Technology, Innovation, and Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

This article captures the pedagogical practices, cultural work, and educational advocacy employed by youth workers at a community - based educational space engaging Black youth.

As the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer approaches, The Hechinger Report will look back at the violence surrounding the 1964 campaign to register blacks to vote in Mississippi and the murders of three civil rights workers.

The Black community better stop feeling sore & sorry for Bad Workers who justifiably Lose Their Jobs For Bad Performance & Recognize that Black Teachers that are GOOD at what they do don't want to have to be grouped in with Bad Black Teachers that don't care about students!

President Woodrow Wilson demonstrated this during his tenure in the early 20th century, when he worked to remove blacks from important civil service posts in the federal bureaucracy, while Franklin Delano Roosevelt would deny jobs to black workers (at the behest of labor unions) with the passage of the Davis - Bacon Act two decades later.

Befitting his daytime job as a labor historian at Cornell University, Salvatore even manages to provide a strong look at how unions such as the United Auto Workers often discriminated, both internally and in municipal politics, against the black workers whose interests they purported to repWorkers often discriminated, both internally and in municipal politics, against the black workers whose interests they purported to repworkers whose interests they purported to represent.

My dissertation aims at ameliorating this dearth of research while simultaneously broadening global conceptions of adult language learners by focusing on the English language learning of older, Black, female, South African domestic workers.

«The only black role models we have at the school are janitors, cafeteria workers, secretaries, security guards, and coaches.»

Jesse's writings on education, the Black Lives Matter movement, Haiti, Palestine, and U.S. politics, have been published at Salon.com, Truth Out, Common Dreams, Black Agenda Report, The Progressive, Socialist Worker, Alternet, the Seattle Education website, and the National Education Association's Education Votes blog.

Fund schools in Black and Brown communities equitably #RahmHatesUs - More counselors (ratio of at least 1:200 students)- Full time social workers in every school - Drop in therapy at every school

The New York Times reported in 2016 that «technical workers at Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter, according to the companies» diversity reports, are on average 56 percent white, 37 percent Asian, 3 percent Hispanic and 1 percent black.»

Road workers, old crinkly women dressed in black, children who should be in school and animals in fields — everyone looks at the Giugiaro Mustang.

It's like meeting that construction worker again (previously seen wearing overalls, and a white safety helmet on his head) only this time he's at a gala, sporting a black tie attire, talking about fine cuisine, art collections, and history.

While serving as a dorm parent at the Black Forest Academy, a school in Germany for the children of international Christian workers and international business families who want a North American curriculum that incorporates a Christian worldview, Paterson began to think about prayer and what a prayer might look like if it had a physical shape.

As a teenager, Bearden spent considerable time with his grandparents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and at sixteen, he spent a summer working for US Steel, which later inspired him to expose the conditions facing black steel workers in an article for Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life.

The mirror effects of the black and white series Flowers in the mirror and the Moon in the water, the installation 1000 Chinese strangers — which consists of nearly one thousand photo booth portraits of Chinese workers at the time of Mao (1949 - 70)-- and the series of old image montages Where have all the flowers gone testify to the artist's reflections on history and tradition.

Sometimes I got lucky and got a straight shot with a Kazakh lady perfectly posing at a bus stop, fur coat, hat and all, or a pigeon feeder amongst the trees; and other times all I got was a picture of three pairs of black boots and a street worker throwing salt towards my camera to clear the snowy roads.»

Yet the highlight of this impressive show, curated by LACMA's formidable Stephanie Barron and seen earlier this year at the Museo Correr in Venice, is the photography — from stern black - and - white portraits by August Sander to alienated, sometimes surreal compositions of workers and machines.

Workers will light candles, don ribbons or black armbands and observe a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. Businesses are asked to participate by striving to prevent workplace deaths, illnesses and injuries, and publicly renewing their commitment to improve health and safety in the workplace.

In Derivative Discrimination Claim Still Not There on the 7th Circuit, Mike Fox writes about a (white) union steward, Dennis Walker, who complained to a warehouse manager at Mueller Industries Inc. about the company's treatment of its black workers, which included «co-workers singing racially derogatory songs,» references to African Americans as «monkeys,» and graffiti including «N - I - G - A» written throughout the warehouse.

Located at the forks of the Black River, Elyria faces serious water - related damage risk, and your business can face just as much damage from legal claims and worker injury.

How do I handle requests for such references?Thank you so much for your help!CherylCHERYL M. EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request