Discrimination
October 14, 2009
Md. teacher says she was persecuted, fired because of pregnancy
By BRIAN SHANE
The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times
OCEAN CITY, Md. — A former Worcester County teacher filed a federal discrimination complaint against the school board, alleging she was persecuted and ultimately fired because she got pregnant against the principal’s wishes.
Lyndsay Greenan, 28, also claims [...]
Union Corruption
Suspect in corruption inquiry says union official got favors
PAUL EGAN
The Detroit News
An Illinois businessman told the FBI he arranged for an inflated price to be paid for the home of a Detroit-area union official in return for the union investing $65 million of its pension funds with his company.
John Orecchio of AA Capital Partners told [...]
Detroit Public School News
Editorial: Detroit teachers union should embrace changes
THE DETROIT NEWS
The Detroit Federation of Teachers’ contract is set to expire later this week as talks between the union and school district Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb remain stalled over reforms to improve district finances and student achievement. Detroit’s teachers ironically could help break the impasse by adopting [...]
Employer Liability: Alcohol on the job.
Employer liability tested in fatal ‘05 Metro area crash
Lawsuit questions firms’ responsibility with drunken workers
JENNIFER CHAMBERS
The Detroit News
Hours before Thomas Wellinger climbed behind the wheel of a car and killed a woman and her two young sons in a horrific 2005 drunken driving crash, his boss told the UGS Corp. sales executive that his performance [...]
Social Security Numbers
Social Security Number Privacy
Social Security Numbers (SSN) were created in 1936 for the sole purpose of recording individual worker’s contributions to the social security fund. The general public was very suspicious about having a national tracking system, and as a result, the very first regulation ever issued by the Social Security Board declared that the [...]
Bing, Bobb willing to alienate unions with reforms, budget cuts
On Aug. 31, as tensions between the city and union heightened, 50 Detroit bus drivers were suddenly afflicted with illnesses that kept them away from work that day. “That’s at least 50 bus drivers we don’t need,” responded Detroit Mayor David Bing.
His tone, cooler than refrigerator temperature, conveyed the message that Detroit’s newest mayor might [...]
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