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Tag: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Rizza Cadillac to pay $100K in discrimination case

June 30, 2014
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| Categories: Civil Rights, Features, In the Media, Top Story

Tinley Park car dealership Rizza Buick GMC Cadillac, Inc. must pay $100,000 to resolve a religious discrimination lawsuit, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.

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Posted in Civil Rights, Features, In the Media, Top Story Tagged Cadillac, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Council on American Islamic Relations, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Gregory Pratt, Kevin Vodak, Rizza, Tinley Park

Chicago Tribune: Muslim Sues Bottling Company Over Prayer Time

October 27, 2011
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A former delivery driver has filed a federal lawsuit against a soda bottling plant in Harvey that allegedly fired him shortly after he asked to time his lunch break to attend weekly Islamic prayers at a mosque.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged American Bottling Company, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, friday prayer, Kevin Vodak, Muslim, Nathan Henderson, prayers, Religion, suit

PRESS RELEASE: CAIR-Chicago Files Bias Suit on Behalf of Fired Muslim Employee

October 25, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago filed a complaint in federal court yesterday against The American Bottling Company on behalf of a Muslim man who was unjustly fired from the company after requesting time off on Fridays for Islamic congregational prayers.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Press Center Tagged American Bottling Company, burden, discrimination complaint, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, friday prayer, Henderson, Jummah prayer, Kevin Vodak, Lawsuit, Litigation Director, Nathan Henderson, religious accommodation, suit, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, undue hardship

CAIR-Chicago Efforts lead to EEOC Officially Recognizing “Arab” as Race

October 13, 2011
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After more than a year of CAIR-Chicago raising the issue, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finally agreed to recognize “Arab” as a race. Just last week, the EEOC headquarters in Washington, D.C. issued an apology letter to CAIR-Chicago Litigation Director Kevin Vodak for the improper classifications and assured him that steps have been taken to prevent further problems.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Our News Tagged Arab, chicago, Civil Rights Act of 1870, complaint, discrimination, EEOC, employment, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Kevin Vodak, Lawsuit, Litigation Director, Prejudice, race, racial, recognize, Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji, Supreme Court

CAIR-Chicago Files Suit on Behalf Somali Workers Fired by Neb. Swift Plant

November 24, 2010
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CAIR-Chicago filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court on behalf of 49 Muslims of Somali heritage who were fired from Swift Co, a meat packing plant in Nebraska. The lawsuit intervenes in a class action filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in August.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Our News Tagged class action suit, discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Lawsuit, Somali, Swift, Swift Co.

Muslim Group Files Suit on Behalf Somali Workers Fired by Neb. Swift Plant

November 24, 2010
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The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations yesterday filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court on behalf of 49 Muslims of Somali heritage who were fired from a meat packing plant in Nebraska.

The lawsuit intervenes in a class action filed by the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in August on behalf of more than 200 Somali factory workers from the Swift Co. plant in Grand Island, Nebraska.

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged Class Action, EEOC, employment discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Equal Opportunity Commission, Factory, federal court, Fired, Grand Island, Islam, Lawsuit, Meat Packing Plant, Muslim, Nebraska, Omaha, Plant, Pray, Prayer, Somali, Swift, Terminated, Workers

CAIR-Chicago Attends Status Hearing for Man Discriminated Against at Work

June 11, 2008
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CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Tricia Kemling attended a status hearing on behalf of a Muslim man who filed a complaint for discrimination. The man was terminated from a trucking company after having worked with them for eight years.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Tricia Kemling

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Attends Status Hearing on Employment Discrimination Case

June 10, 2008
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CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Tricia Kemling attended a status hearing for a Muslim man who has experienced religious and ethnic discrimination at work. The man also received unfair warnings from a supervisor.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Tricia Kemling

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Resolves Employment Discrimination Case

May 16, 2008
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In a successful bid on behalf of a Muslim man, CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Tricia Kemling secured a settlement through the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Tricia Kemling

CAIR-Chicago Represents Muslim Man in Unemployment Hearing

January 24, 2007
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CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham represented a Muslim man in an administrative hearing for unemployment benefits.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged Christina Abraham, civil rights, discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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