Iraqi Militias Ramp Up Threats to US
A top commander in Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary network said Wednesday it was time for an “Iraqi response” to a U.S. drone strike that killed the network’s deputy chief.
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Iran’s Statement After Hitting US Bases in Iraq
Iran struck two military bases used by U.S. forces in Iraq on Wednesday to avenge the assassination last week of top military commander Qasem Soleimani.
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Two former executives claim in federal court that Standard Chartered Bank (of London, Dubai and New York) fired them for reporting schemes by which the bank helped Iran duck international sanctions.
Read moreUber Settlement
Uber agreed to a $4.4 million settlement Wednesday with workers who say they were discriminated against based on their gender. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found the company permitted a “culture of sexual harassment and retaliation against individuals who complained about such harassment.”
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US Labor Board Rules for McDonald’s in Unionization Case
The National Labor Relations Board has ruled in McDonald’s favor in a long-running case filed by 20 workers who were fired or faced retaliation for trying to unionize.
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Electric Boat subjected a black worker to relentless harassment and retaliation for two years, such as “Trump’s wall will get rid of all the spics and niggers and this will make our country great again,” the man claims in Providence Superior Court.
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A former audit director seeks punitive damages from Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., claiming it retaliated against him for truthfully reporting that senior management was engaging in “revenue manipulation, kickbacks, bribery of foreign officials, and employment of ‘ghost’ employees,” in Santa Clara County Court.
Read moreCharter School Application
The Fifth Circuit ruled against a charter school CEO who sued the superintendent of the Louisiana Department of Education for retaliation. The CEO claims her charter school application was denied because she expressed her opinions on using corporal punishment on a reality television show called “America’s Supernanny.”
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Eight Judy Does sued Wynn Resorts in Clark County Court, claiming it refused to investigate their claims of sexual harassment against CEO Steve Wynn, and retaliated against them for speaking about it.
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The city of Fort Collins, Colorado, must face gender-discrimination and retaliation claims from a crime analyst who said her error rate was less than 0.001% when her supervisor reassigned her work to men, saying he’d “lost confidence” in her performance, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreDesk Discovery Not Harassment
An Illinois appeals court ruled against a former employee of a community college who claimed she was fired for reporting sexual harassment after she found pornographic pictures in a colleague’s desk drawer. The former employee did not have permission to access the desk and the colleague never committed any overt acts of sexual harassment toward her.
Read moreBad Timing
A federal judge refused to dismiss claims that the New York City Department of Education retaliated against a teacher by firing him the very day the department partially approved his request for accommodation.
Read morePolice
A federal judge refused the Gretna Police Department summary judgment in the case of a former sergeant who says his opposition of arrest-and-citation quota system got him fired.
Read moreSexual Assaults
A federal judge refused to dismiss six women’s claims that Howard University discriminated against them for reporting sexual assaults, since the students supported their claims with evidence.
Read moreFormer NY Senate Hopeful Sues Over Jail Strip Search
A former Republican candidate for the New York Senate who was sentenced to prison two years ago in an apartment-rental scam claims in a lawsuit filed Friday that he was forced to strip naked and undergo a body-cavity search as punishment for complaining about inadequate medical treatment.
Read moreUnions
The Third Circuit revived claims that a public school district violated a custodian’s free speech by transferring him after he expressed pro-union opinions.
Read moreState Workers Accuse Indiana AG of Sexual Misconduct
Indiana’s top law enforcement official faces a federal lawsuit from three female statehouse staffers and one lawmaker who accuse him of inappropriate comments and touching at a staff party last year.
Read moreEmployment
A federal judge refused to dismiss claims that the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews fired a woman for complaining that her supervisor refused to promote her after she refused to have sex with him.
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