Word: glassed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Only a few of the employees actually raised the suit, complaining of a glass ceiling within the company. However, the settlement addressed all of the minority employees in the company, giving them all 10 percent pay raises. Texaco has also instituted a task force which will focus on minority hiring and promoting practices...
...meds who band together to study for their organic chemistry finals. There are also final clubs for microbiology, physics and government, though the government ones tend to involve a lot more noise and people dangling you from your legs while you are trying to sip tequila from a glass on the floor...
...case of Texaco is only anomalous because the statements and actions of its racist top brass are now public knowledge. As journalist Ellis Cose proved in The Rage of a Privileged Class, black employees throughout corporate America often must struggle against subtle glass ceilings as well as outright racial hostility. The solution to this dilemma may well be more--not less--affirmative action. Without explicit and enforced preference programs, black advancement may be stifled at token levels...
Barad is exploring ways to create multimedia toys for other company brands, including Polly Pocket, Cabbage Patch and See 'N Say. "This is only the beginning," she says in a glass-walled office that sports towering early versions of Barbie and her plastic paramour Ken. Barad vows Mattel will be a leader in interactive playthings...
...existence of the Peninsula, because one cannot envision someone with Padilla's beliefs wanting to join you at The Crimson. If your staff editorial is any sign of how diverse in thought you are and how responsibly you operate your newspaper, just remember that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. --Jeffrey Burk Publisher, Georgetown Independent; Managing Editor, Georgetown Law Weekly