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A federal court in Massachusetts granted default judgment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a suit against Aviation Port Services, which fired six Muslim women after denying them a religious accommodation to its uniform policy. The women, who worked at Boston’s Logan Airport, were not permitted to wear long skirts and were fired for refusing to wear knee-length skirts or pants.   

BOSTON — A federal court in Massachusetts granted default judgment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a suit against Aviation Port Services, which fired six Muslim women after denying them a religious accommodation to its uniform policy. The women, who worked at Boston’s Logan Airport, were not permitted to wear long skirts and were fired for refusing to wear knee-length skirts or pants.   

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