Staff Attorney Stacy Villalobos comments on the issue of the lack of full investigations by the EEOC into workplace discrimination. https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/6/14/18663296/congress-eeoc-workplace-discrimination
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LAAW’s Efforts to Fight Gender Discrimination in Hawaiʻi Covered by KITV
Court Documents Reveal Hawai’i Department of Education Choosing Legal Maneuvering Over Gender Equity
HONOLULU (June 6, 2019) – Rather than actually fix gender inequities in Hawai‘i public schools, the State Department of Education (DOE) is simply hoping to run out the clock. Documents filed yesterday in federal court by the ACLU of Hawai‘i, Legal Aid at Work, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (“Plaintiffs’ counsel”) reveal that DOE has… Continue reading Court Documents Reveal Hawai’i Department of Education Choosing Legal Maneuvering Over Gender Equity
Discriminatory “Blue Discharge” Finally Reversed After 75 Years in Case Brought by Legal Aid at Work and Golden Gate Law School’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic
Nelson Henry turns 96 in a few days. At his birthday party, he will also be able to finally celebrate receiving the “honorable” military discharge status he was wrongfully denied in 1945 because of his race. Back in 1945, the Army gave Mr. Henry a “blue discharge”—so named because it was printed on blue paper. … Continue reading Discriminatory “Blue Discharge” Finally Reversed After 75 Years in Case Brought by Legal Aid at Work and Golden Gate Law School’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic
LAAW’s Victory for 95-year-old Black WWII Veteran Wrongfully Discharged Because of His Race is Covered in the Philadelphia Inquirer
LAAW’s Racial Economic Justice Work Profiled in the San Jose Mercury News
The Philadelphia Inquirer Covers LAAW’s Advocacy for 95-year Old Black Veteran in Trying to Rectify Decades-old Wrong
Alexis Alvarez speaks with KSPC 88.7 fm on Disability Awareness Day
Senior Staff Attorney Alexis Alvarez spoke with KSPC 88.7
This Equal Pay Day, Support Equal Pay for Equal Play!
This year on Equal Pay Day, women in California are fighting for pay equality in athletics. Equal Pay for Equal Play (California AB 467), introduced by Members Boerner Horvath and Gonzalez, would mandate equal prize pools for men and women in sports competitions taking place on public lands. This bill would remedy gender inequality in surf… Continue reading This Equal Pay Day, Support Equal Pay for Equal Play!