Sentences with phrase «campaign against discrimination»

His vocal campaign against discrimination eventually wins notice from President Roosevelt, who asks Corbett to investigate rumors of Ku Klux Klan activity in Eudora — Corbett's hometown.

The Union will continue to campaign against the discrimination, bullying and harassment still being experienced by many disabled teachers in schools and colleges.

The ACLU is a powerhouse in advocating for the rights of immigrants, campaigning against discrimination and challenging state and federal laws.

Not exact matches

In 29 states, it «s still not explicitly illegal to discriminate against both employees and prospective hires based on sexual orientation — and 32 states allow workplace discrimination based on gender identity, according to the Human Rights Campaign, America's largest civil rights organization.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, more than 200 «anti-LGBTQ bills» were introduced across the country in 2016 sessions - most failing to pass - and more than 111 million people live in states without clear state - level protections against LGBTQ workplace discrimination.

The growing number of discrimination lawsuits against Tesla come as the company is also facing a unionization campaign from the United Auto Workers.

Denson claimed that Trump had «weaponized» the agreement to crush a $ 25 million discrimination lawsuit she filed against the Trump campaign last November.

Then, in 2016, Amazon gave more than $ 33,000 to Washington Won't Discriminate to defeat a campaign threatening to eliminate protections against transgender discrimination.

«Throughout this and other gay - marriage campaigns, some queer activists have expressed their own discomfort about feeling obligated to fight for an institution about which they feel ambivalent while other essential battles — against HIV / AIDS, homelessness, domestic violence, and general discrimination — struggle for money and media attention,» wrote Deirdre Fulton in the Portland Phoenix.

Humanists UK, which leads the national campaign against religious discrimination and segregation in schools, has stated that such a decision would ignore the evidence that the cap has boosted integration in faith schools and instead show that the Government has bowed to the demands of the religious lobby instead of sticking up for the interests of children.

«As a lifelong progressive, he's fought for equal pay for equal work, reproductive freedom and ending discrimination against women by insurance companies,» James said in a statement released by the senator's campaign.

Extending the franchise to 16 - and 17 - year - olds narrowly saw off an alternative proposal to campaign against racism and religious discrimination to be adopted as the UK wide cause.

The case, which is being brought by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign (RISC), challenges the legality of the process by which the schools were set up, outside of competition by the back door, and is the first ever challenge against new schools because of religious discrimination.

A con - con will also be a way to enshrine certain protections in the law, including safeguarding voting rights, implementing campaign finance reform and protecting against sexual and gender discrimination.

Equal rights, protections against discrimination, environmental safeguards, campaign finance reform and laws codifying a woman's right to an abortion are other possible changes.

There are all kinds of gender organisations who complain about discrimination against women and I hope they have read this article by George Andah in the course of his campaign.

A former staffer for Donald Trump fired earlier this month has filed a complaint in Iowa against the mogul's 2016 campaign, accusing it of sex discrimination.

Unions will continue to be able to campaign against exploitative working conditions, unequal pay and discrimination, but their influence in Westminster will be severely reduced.

The sheriff had come under fire during the campaign for issues including the number of inmate deaths at the Erie County Holding Center since he took office in 2005, as well as a recent sex discrimination lawsuit filed against him by a now - retired Holding Center officer.

The message resonates with Deutch, who is an ardent supporter of women's rights and the Time's Up campaign against gender discrimination.

While the Guerrilla Girls campaign forcefully against discrimination, Warhol's Manhattan studio, known as The Factory, provided a welcoming space for those who didn't conform to the social and sexual conventions of 1960s society.

The announcement comes as actresses wore black to the Golden Globes this month, an unofficial dress code to publicize Time's Up, a new organization campaigning against sexual harassment, workplace discrimination and the gender pay gap.

Indonesia considers environmental and climate concerns to be nothing more than economic discrimination, and civil society campaigns against deforestation and industrial plantations to be unfair attacks.

This campaign follows West Coast LEAF's trip to Geneva to speak at the United Nations on the review of Canada's progress under the international bill of women's rights, the Conventional on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

The campaign for reinstatement onto band lists may have created some awareness of the discrimination against unmarried mothers and their children but I do not think that there has yet been an effort to understand the significance of the disabilities imposed on bastards, in Britain and in Canada, as regards Canadian immigration policy.

If you're worried about being discriminated against, you should consult the Human Rights Campaign website to learn more about discrimination laws in your state, including whether or not you are protected by law and what to do if you feel you have been a victim of discrimination.