Rastafarian Bag Screener Can Keep His Dreads
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the rights of a Rastafarian baggage screener at Boston’s Logan International Airport were violated when he was threatened with firing unless he kept his hair short.The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday that Josue Brissot was assured when he was hired by the Transportation Security Administration in 2002 that his long dreadlocks were not a problem.
But by 2005 he was being told his hair was against agency policy and he would be fired unless he cut it. Brissot keeps his hair long for religious reasons.
The ACLU says Brissot’s treatment violated federal law prohibiting employment discrimination based on religion.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/rastafarian_tsa.html
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