Word: eeoc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University refused to settle Ms. Walters' grievance unless she agreed to drop the complaints she'd filed with the EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] and the MCAD [Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination]," McWade said. "Never in my 17 years of experience had I run into that...
...boycott coalition has charged Coors with discriminating against minority employees, and point to a 1975 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) suit against the brewery, which was settled out of court. At the time, Coors agreed to an affirmative action plan which met with the approval of the EEOC. Today, Coors' workforce of 9400 is 4.4 per cent Black and 9 per cent Hispanic--roughly equivalent to the respective populations in the Denver area...
...have historically settled for less in the workplace because of competing demands of home and family. "It is naive," she said, "to believe that the natural effect of these differences is evidence of discrimination by Sears." The judge cited Rosenberg's testimony in ruling Sears not guilty. The EEOC will appeal...
...truth about the preferences of some women. Says she: "I was responding to the question: Are there factors other than discrimination that can account for statistical disparities in the work force? And I said yes, and those factors include governmental policies, socialization, family responsibilities, and so forth." The EEOC case was built almost entirely on statistics. It produced no women who said they had been denied high-paying jobs...
Last fall the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission abandoned the use of goals and timetables to remedy discrimination in U.S. employment practices. But EEOC Chairman Clarence Thomas told Congress last week that his agency will resume its use of these antidiscrimination tools. The reason: the Supreme Court last month reaffirmed the legality of goals and timetables in the workplace. Said Thomas: "That's the law of the land, whether I like it or not." Civil rights leaders, however, are still wary that the EEOC will let employers drag their feet on meeting hiring goals. Ralph Neas, executive director of the Leadership...