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Their case concerns civil-rights violations of low-wage workers, most of them women. It also tests whether–in line with a recent NLRB decision–the world’s largest hamburger chain can be taken to task as their employer.
For the latest example of the “soft war” on women, turn to the Iowa Supreme Court. Recently, it allowed a dentist to fire his assistant for having looks that might distract him from his marriage. We’re not making this up.
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In 1970, women at Newsweek sued the magazine on the grounds of sex discrimination, as chronicled in the book “The Good Girls Revolt.” In this excerpt, young female employees discover in 2010 that the discrimination continued, despite the lawsuit.
Dr. Mila Means, a family practitioner, is planning to establish an abortion clinic in Wichita, Kan.
The High Court’s decision this week to disqualify about 1.5 million female Wal-Mart workers from bringing a class action gave mega corporations a big win over the workers. Three of the four dissenting justices were women.