Press Releases
about Women's Rights
Jun 19, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Georgia Supports HB 1114 to Restore Maternal Health Fund and Postpartum Medicaid Extension
ATLANTA – The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Georgia supports HB 1114 to restore the maternal health fund and postpartum Medicaid extension, which passed the House 162-1.
At least 70 counties have no ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Women's Rights
Jan 14, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Congress’ First Step to Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
WASHINGTON — The House Committee on Education and Labor advanced, by a vote of 29-17, bipartisan legislation today that will protect the health and economic security of pregnant ...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Dec 10, 2019
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Sues Frontier Airlines for Discrimination Against Pregnant and Breastfeeding Employees
DENVER — The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed two companion lawsuits today against Frontier Air...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Court case: Freyer v. Frontier and Hodgkins v. Frontier
Nov 12, 2019
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Michigan Workers File Class Action Lawsuit Against McDonald’s for Sexual Harassment
DETROIT — The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and Michigan McDonald’s workers filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to force the company to address a “systemic problemâ...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Sep 25, 2019
In Historic Decision on Digital Bias, EEOC Finds Employers Violated Federal Law When They Excluded Women and Older Workers From Facebook Job Ads
WASHINTON — The Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced yesterday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency that enforces federal equa...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Sep 16, 2019
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û ANNOUNCE SETTLEMENT REGARDING HEALTH SCREENING PROCESS
WASHINGTON – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û announced a settlement today regarding the AmeriCorps National Civil...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
Disability Rights
Court case: Balcom v. AmeriCorps
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