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Sexual harassment U of Rochester, ex-professors settle retaliation claims
The University of Rochester will pay $9.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by nine former professors and students who claimed they faced retaliation after bringing sexual misconduct claims against a professorBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated PressMarch 27, 2020, 6:17 PM3 min readROCHESTER, N.Y. — The University of Rochester will pay $9.4 million to settle a…
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Workplace bully Opinion | We Can Do More to Protect Workers Fighting Covid-19
A sign acknowledging the work of doctors and nurses is posted on a traffic control box outside Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York. | Kathy Willens/AP Photo David Michaels served as assistant secretary of Labor for occupational safety and health from 2009 to 2017. He is professor of environmental and occupational health at the Milken…
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Sexual harassment Placido Domingo resigns from opera union, donates $500,000
Superstar Plácido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers after two investigations found sexual harassment allegations against him to be credibleBy JOCELYN GECKER Associated PressMarch 20, 2020, 9:31 PM2 min readSAN FRANCISCO — Superstar Plácido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to…
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Violence at work Biden gets in heated exchange on guns with auto worker
The exchange comes on the day of the crucial Michigan primary.March 10, 2020, 5:50 PM6 min readDETROIT, Michigan — Former Vice President Joe Biden angrily confronted a Detroit, Michigan, auto worker on Tuesday morning during an argument over his stance on the 2nd Amendment, at one point telling the man he was ‘full of s—‘…
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Employee rights Mark Cuban: America’s economy will rebuild, ‘world-changing companies’ will be launched in coronavirus aftermath
The global economic outlook may be bleak at the moment, with the coronavirus pandemic resulting in countless business closures and putting millions of people out of work. But billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is confident that capitalism and Americans’ entrepreneurial spirit will eventually fuel an economic rebound that he believes will bring with it the birth of…
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Sexual harassment 3 former track athletes suing NCAA, coach over alleged abuse
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former Olympic high jumper Erin Aldrich planned to die with a secret she kept quiet for two-plus decades: an affair with a college coach she began falling in love with as a teenager and with whom she had an sexual relationship as a young woman. When Aldrich watched “Leaving Neverland,” about…
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Violence at work Major gun safety group endorses Joe Biden’s presidential bid
Joe Biden has received endorsements from two of the nation’s largest gun safety groups, the latest sign Bernie Sanders’ spotty record on guns may be weighing him down in the presidential primaryBy ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated PressMarch 9, 2020, 6:13 PM4 min readGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two of the nation’s largest gun control advocacy groups have…
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Employee rights NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio orders investigation of Amazon’s firing of strike organizer
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that he has ordered the city’s human rights commissioner to investigate Amazon’s decision to fire a warehouse worker who organized a strike at its Staten Island warehouse.Chris Smalls, a warehouse worker at the facility, known as JFK8, organized a strike on Monday to call attention to…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY Congress cannot afford to shut down during this crisis
David B. Cohen is a professor of political science and assistant director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at The University of Akron. Follow him on Twitter @POTUSProf. Taylor J. Swift is a policy analyst for Demand Progress, focusing on Cong…
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Sexual harassment State senator denies sexual harassment allegations
A Michigan lawmaker who was disciplined after an investigation found “credible” claims that he sexually harassed three women says he harassed no oneBy DAVID EGGERT Associated PressMarch 6, 2020, 7:18 PM2 min readLANSING, Mich. — A Michigan lawmaker issued a statement Friday denying that he sexually harassed three women, a day after the Senate leader…