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Her face framed by a white scarf covering her head and hair — considered “a private part” for Muslim women — Susann Bashir grew sad Friday afternoon recalling her final encounter with a former boss.
She said she had already endured years of harassment by co-workers and had started pursuing a religious discrimination case against her employer when the supervisor, during a routine meeting in his office, snatched her scarf and exposed her hair.
Bashir sued, and this week a Jackson County jury awarded her $5 million in punitive damages against Southwestern Bell/AT&T, where she worked as a fiber optics network builder for more than 10 years.
Bashir said she endured religious discrimination nearly every day of the last three years she worked in the company’s downtown Kansas City office.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/04/3594755/muslim-woman-gets-huge-award-in.html#storylink=cpyHer face framed by a white scarf covering her head and hair — considered... more
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1-in-5 of all workplace discrimination charges brought by women involve claims of pregnancy discrimination, and mothers face a "wage penalty" of as much as 5 percent per child.1-in-5 of all workplace discrimination charges brought by women involve claims of... more
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That's Gay salutes the no-brainers at the Freedom Federation, who oppose the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act based on a troubling mix of misinformation and old-fashioned ignorance, as video evidence from their own convention reveals. The first in a very special series of salutes to our worst enemies.
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DALLAS -- A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her she couldn't wear her headscarf in the workplace.
Dr. Hena Zaki of Plano, Texas, said Friday that she was shocked when CareNow officials told her that a no-hat policy extended to her hijab.
The 29-year-old doctor wants an apology and a change in CareNow's policy.
Doctor No Headscarf
Dr. Hena Zaki poses for a photo in her home, Friday Oct. 30, 2009, in Plano, Texas. The young Muslim doctor who applied for a job at a North Texas medical clinic says officials told her she couldn't wear her traditional headscarf.
****UPDATE****
A Texas health clinic operator said it regrets telling a Muslim doctor applying for a job that she couldn't wear her traditional headscarf and will clarify its policy regarding religious accommodations for employees.
Dr. Hena Zaki has said she was shocked when CareNow officials told her last month in person and later by e-mail that a no-hat policy extended to her headscarf, also called a hijab.
Coppell-based CareNow, which has nearly two dozen minor emergency clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, called the headscarf ban a misunderstanding and said it plans to train workers to prevent confusion in the future.DALLAS -- A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic... more
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Just one day after racist and sexist graffiti was found written outside the women's quarters at Fire Station 54, an emotional Fire Chief Phil Boriskie addressed another racist incident. It happened just before 7 a.m. Wednesday.
The racist message, which included the "n" word, was broadcast over the firefighters’ radio system and lasted seven to eight seconds. HFD strongly believes someone from the outside is responsible. They think someone hacked into their frequency. Whether the message originated from the outside or not, several women, who either currently work for the fire department or have since retired, say they are not surprised by the recent incidents.
“I mean, let’s be real. I didn’t come in with a blind eye to where I was working. I am at a place where it is a majority of white males,” said veteran female firefighter Vantrece Williams.
Williams says she's been harassed, but nothing was ever done about it. Mainly because she says many firefighters won’t speak out when they witness something bad taking place.
“If we want to continue being on TV with the negative images, then we just continue to be quiet,” said Williams.
11 News heard allegations of women firefighters being groped by their male co-workers, and an allegation of a male firefighter masturbating over a female co-worker while she was trying to sleep in her bed.
“You see it. It gets to the point, because nothing ever happens, that you have to pick your battles,” said Williams
During a Wednesday night press conference, two more women firefighters shared their stories about incidents that have happened within the department.
"I'm risking my life to save other lives, and I have to worry about my co-workers writing 'die'," said Houston firefighter Paula Keyes.
The other woman, Jane Draycott, said she transferred to the station after her 17-year-old daughter died in a car accident. She felt she could not face another accident scene, but wanted to serve in other ways.
"They defaced my daughter's picture and wrote 'dead' on her face, and they wrote 'die' on my face. It was a 5 x7 photograph of her sitting on my lap," said Draycott. Draycott has filed two complaints since April about incidents that happened at Station 54. She says that without resolution, the problem won't stop.
"We want to be safe at work," said Keyes.Just one day after racist and sexist graffiti was found written outside the... more
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The office has essentially the same structure as President Bush's version, with faith-based offices housed in departments such as Health and Human Services and Justice. But he has created a new council that will advise the office: 25 people who have grass-roots experience working in poor neighborhoods and overseas. The council will include secular groups that do social programs, as well as religious groups. And in an attempt to avoid the image of the previous faith-based office, it will include religious conservatives and liberals.
But Obama didn't discuss the biggest controversy: Can religious groups receiving federal money for social services discriminate in their hiring practices?
This debate plagued the Bush administration's faith-based office for eight years. Bush believed that religious groups should be allowed to hire people who believe the same things they do and fire people if they don't, because their beliefs shape everything they do. This policy sparked a spate of lawsuits after, for example, gays who worked for evangelical groups were fired because they did not hold the same views on homosexuality.The office has essentially the same structure as President Bush's version, with... more
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