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...complaint, which was filed with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) on April 4, Marlene Soprani accuses ACME/Pioneer Janitorial Services manager Carlos Da Silva of telling her that a job she applied for was “more for a man.” Da Silva then publicly humiliated her in connection with her interest in the shift, Soprani alleges. She was fired a few weeks later...
However, if MCAD rules that it does not have jurisdiction or finds lack of probable cause, Schkolnick said she will need a lawyer because she plans to file a civil suit against the club. In addition, Schkolnick said she has been repeatedly advised to find a personal lawyer to help investigate her case, regardless of the MCAD decision...
...Club, represented by the Boston law firm Palmer and Dodge, has already filed evidence with MCAD in response to investigative questions, Schkolnick said, adding that she had obtained copies of the club's offical responses to her complaint. According to Schkolnick, the defense affadavits assert that the Fly, which is open only to Harvard undergraduates, is a purely private, social club which has no formal or informal ties with Harvard University, and thus violates no state sex-discrimination laws...
...amendment charges that the club violates a second Massachusetts statute which prohibits organizations that provide credit and services from discriminating on the basis of gender. In the past, the law has been applied primarily to banks and insurance agencies, said Leslie B. Grier, a staff attorney for MCAD...
Schkolnick said she made the amendment on the advice of the Boston branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU is waiting of further action by MCAD before deciding whether or not to take on Schkolnick's case, ACLU representatives said...