worker rights

Judge Calls Sexual Harassment “Gallant,” Not Criminal

by Cara August 7, 2008

UPDATE: See Natalia Antonova’s post for several important clarifications and corrections. As I suspected, some of the claims are exaggerated, but the general gist of the story is correct. (Thanks Lisa.) HuffPo informs us that a Russian judge has ruled that sexual harassment is a-okay because it ensures the survival of the human race. You [...]

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Dancers For Hire Exploited, NYT Gets Hard On

by Cara April 11, 2008

Former employees have filed a lawsuit against a club where they used to work as dancers for hire, claiming that they were never paid wages for their work. The women are mostly immigrants, many of them Spanish-speaking only, and they were paid a mere $2 per dance direct from the customers while the club raked [...]

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