The only American newspaper ever to lose a federal EEOC* case (because it refused to settle with the black employees it got caught discriminating against despite the obvious litigious peril it was in) is thumping its chest about this news gem – and it should:
Posts Tagged ‘EEOC’
The New York Daily News
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011NYFD Black Firefighters Win Significant Court Battle: Where Are the Stories?
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Official organization of NYFD African American Firefighters
[Picture Courtesy of Center for Constitutional Rights]
By now, one would believe, that there would be numerous stories in metro New York City news media about the federal judge’s decision regarding United States, et al. v City of New York, a federal class action lawsuit originating from two Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges filed by Center for Constitutional Studies on behalf of the Vulcan Society and three individual African-American firefighter applicants, charging the New York City Fire Department with racially discriminatory hiring practices.
Nope.
But there is an online front-page story in the
Federal Judge Rules That the Hiring Practices of the New York City Fire Department Are Racially Discriminatory
Friday, July 24th, 2009Is this a bombshell decision or what?