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Court OKs sex discrimination case against Boeing's plant Wichita [USA] -...Twelve women filed lawsuits on April 15, charging that women at Boeing's Wichita plant were denied equal pay, promotions and other employment opportunities based solely on their gender. Their lawsuits also claimed sexual harassment. (Associated Press, 28 Apr. 2003)

Human rights groups sue Occidental over 1998 Colombia bombing - International human rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Occidental Petroleum and one of its security contractors over a 1998 bombing that killed 17 civilians in a Colombian village...The lawsuit names Los Angeles-based Occidental and Rockledge, Fla.-based Airscan Inc., an aviation security firm, as defendants and accuses the companies of aiding the raid with the Colombian military. (Paul Chavez, Associated Press, 24 Apr. 2003)

Supreme Court to Decide Age Discrimination Case [USA] - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether a federal law barring age bias in the workplace allows for reverse discrimination lawsuits by employees in their 40s who claim older workers are better treated.  The high court agreed to hear an appeal by a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp. arguing the law does not allow for such lawsuits. (James Vicini, Reuters, 21 Apr. 2003)

Business Travel; Offsetting Environmental Damage by Planes (Harry Rijnen, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2003)

Pratt & Whitney faces tumor lawsuit [USA] - A lawsuit will be filed against Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and its parent, United Technologies Corp., alleging the companies were responsible for the death or disability of employees due to brain tumors. (Ann DeMatteo, New Haven Register, 5 Apr. 2003)

Firms urged to help control Aids [Thailand] - Incentives suggested for businesses - International organisations urged the business sector yesterday to make the HIV/Aids epidemic one of the ``bottom line issues'' at the workplace. A one-day study programme, entitled ``Thailand CEO study mission on HIV/Aids'', was organised by Thailand Business Coalition on Aids (TBCA) to brief top management people about the HIV/Aids epidemic's impact on businesses and their employees. It was attended by more than 25 CEOs and senior managers of leading firms in Thailand including Unocal, Nike, Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Airways International and the Tourism Authority of Thailand. (Preeyanat Phanayanggoor, Bangkok Post, 5 Apr. 2003)

Company policy statements referring to human rights:

Statements by business people about human rights and business:

Richard D. McCormick, President of International Chamber of Commerce, Chairman Emeritus of U S WEST, former Chief Executive Officer of U S WEST (USA)

Websites:

British Airways Code of Conduct

Lufthansa-unbalanced.org: An independent website about the treatment of Lufthansa's catering and food processing employees in the United States [includes sections on "Sexual Assault & Harassment", "Worker Exploitation", "Health & Safety Violations", "Labor Disputes"] (HERE - Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union and AFL-CIO)

Sustainable Mobility 2030 project (World Business Council for Sustainable Development)

Other materials:

2003:

Court OKs sex discrimination case against Boeing's plant Wichita [USA] -...Twelve women filed lawsuits on April 15, charging that women at Boeing's Wichita plant were denied equal pay, promotions and other employment opportunities based solely on their gender. Their lawsuits also claimed sexual harassment. (Associated Press, 28 Apr. 2003)

Human rights groups sue Occidental over 1998 Colombia bombing - International human rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Occidental Petroleum and one of its security contractors over a 1998 bombing that killed 17 civilians in a Colombian village...The lawsuit names Los Angeles-based Occidental and Rockledge, Fla.-based Airscan Inc., an aviation security firm, as defendants and accuses the companies of aiding the raid with the Colombian military. (Paul Chavez, Associated Press, 24 Apr. 2003)

Supreme Court to Decide Age Discrimination Case [USA] - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether a federal law barring age bias in the workplace allows for reverse discrimination lawsuits by employees in their 40s who claim older workers are better treated.  The high court agreed to hear an appeal by a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp. arguing the law does not allow for such lawsuits. (James Vicini, Reuters, 21 Apr. 2003)

Pratt & Whitney faces tumor lawsuit [USA] - A lawsuit will be filed against Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and its parent, United Technologies Corp., alleging the companies were responsible for the death or disability of employees due to brain tumors. (Ann DeMatteo, New Haven Register, 5 Apr. 2003)

Firms urged to help control Aids [Thailand] - Incentives suggested for businesses - International organisations urged the business sector yesterday to make the HIV/Aids epidemic one of the ``bottom line issues'' at the workplace. A one-day study programme, entitled ``Thailand CEO study mission on HIV/Aids'', was organised by Thailand Business Coalition on Aids (TBCA) to brief top management people about the HIV/Aids epidemic's impact on businesses and their employees. It was attended by more than 25 CEOs and senior managers of leading firms in Thailand including Unocal, Nike, Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Airways International and the Tourism Authority of Thailand. (Preeyanat Phanayanggoor, Bangkok Post, 5 Apr. 2003)

UK says aviation industry should pay pollution costs - Britain's aviation industry will have to pay for polluting the environment, and the estimated bill could more than triple to 4.8 billion pounds ($7.7 billion) a year by 2030, the government said. (Daniel Morrissey, Reuters, 17 Mar. 2003)

Flight attendants lose travel vouchers won in discrimination suit [USA] - Flight attendants who fought Trans World Airlines for almost 20 years over its policy of grounding pregnant employees won't get the free travel they were promised to settle the discrimination case in 1995. A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that American Airlines, which bought bankrupt TWA in 2001, does not have to honor the flight vouchers (David B. Caruso, Associated Press, 14 Mar. 2003)

The launch of the UK Corporate Responsibility Index - Toby Kent reports from the launch of the BitC [Business in the Community] Corporate Responsibility Index, highlighting its main components and the major issues it raises. (Toby Kent, in Ethical Corporation Magazine, 14 Mar. 2003)

Government consults on the environmental cost of aviation [UK] - The Government today published a discussion paper on how economic measures could be used to encourage the aviation industry to take more account of its environmental impact. (Friends of the Earth, 14 Mar. 2003)

"I Feel Disgusted" [USA] - Alleged death threats and sexual abuse of immigrants at a North Haven factory [Chef Solutions factory that makes and freezes dough for bread baked at, among other places, Subway and Shaw's] -...Alexander says the sexual harassment stopped in 2001, after six years, when she and her sisters hired a lawyer...the workers have taken their complaint national, distributing leaflets at the ticket counters of Lufthansa airlines, the factory's parent company. [includes excerpts from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Chef Solutions' North Haven factory; also refers to a racial discrimination complaint against the same company] (Paul Bass, New Haven Advocate, 13 Mar. 2003)

JAL plans to pluck mothers from the sky - Japan Airlines' (JAL) labor union is up in arms after the airline decided to cut the number of flight attendants excused from night duties because they have pre-school children. (Mainichi Shimbun [Japan], 3 Mar. 2003)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $2.3 Million Against SH&E [New York-based airline consulting firm Simat, Helliesen & Eichner] and Reed Telepublishing (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 26 Feb. 2003)

Business Travel; Offsetting Environmental Damage by Planes (Harry Rijnen, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2003)

Firm sued over wells it tainted: San Martin residents worry about health [USA] - Five San Martin homeowners filed a class-action lawsuit Friday against Olin Corp., the giant aerospace and ammunition manufacturer whose highway-flare operation in Morgan Hill contaminated their drinking water wells with a chemical used in rocket fuels. (Frank Sweeney, San Jose Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2003)

Woman wins case vs. Olympia Aviation; said was sexually harassed by Tigers players [USA] - A former flight attendant who said she was sexually harassed by Tigers players scored a $200,000 verdict Thursday in federal court in Detroit. (David Ashenfelter, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2003)

Air travel to knock emissions off target [UK] - The government is unlikely to deliver on its pledges to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, with pollution from air travel threatening to undo progress by industry and other sectors, according to a team of government advisors. (Reuters, 12 Feb. 2003)

Tanks & Toxics, Planes and Pollution The Ecology of a Military Build-Up [USA] -...Environmental contamination from defense hardware manufacturing dots the U.S. landscape...Communities around defense plants that increase production in the new military boom will face more emissions of pollutants...which especially could affect the health of sensitive populations [refers to Nuclear Metals Inc., Rocketdyne (now a subsidiary of Boeing and formerly operated by Rockwell International), Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, Vought Aircraft; also refers to lawsuits] (William Kelly, editor and publisher of California Environment Report, in Multinational Monitor, Jan./Feb. 2003)

2002:

Gulfstream Aerospace to pay $2.1 million for age bias in EEOC settlement - Commission Alleges Class of Older Workers Targeted for Layoffs at Georgia Facility (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 11 Dec. 2002)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] settles disability discrimination suit against aerospace giant Honeywell for $100,000 (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 22 Nov. 2002)

CLIMATE CHANGE: Group Warns Of Greenhouse Emissions From Airplanes - Environ warned yesterday that air travel produces large amounts of the greenhouse gases that scientists believe cause global warming. (UN Wire, 9 Oct. 2002)

Corporate Responsibility: Myth or Reality? [includes references to initiatives by Bell Helicopter, Bank of America, Wal-Mart, Caterpillar, ITT Industries, John Deere, General Electric, Procter & Gamble, Sun Microsystems, Daimler-Chrysler] (Otto J. Reich, U.S. Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Remarks to the Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Corporate Social Governance, 23 Sep. 2002) 

Environmental Fiduciary: The Case for Incorporating Environmental Factors into Investment Management Policies - In this report, we show that fiduciaries who manage funds for institutional investors such as pension funds, foundations and charitable trusts should incorporate environmental factors into their portfolio management policies. [includes reference to DuPont, ST Microelectronics, IBM, Baxter Intl, Smithfield Foods, US Liquids, Weyerhauser, Georgia Pacific, ChevronTexaco, Marathon Oil, Deutsche Telekom, Nestle, Southern California Gas, ITT, Textron, Corning, Whole Foods, Hains Celestial] (Susannah Blake Goodman, Jonas Kron & Tim Little, The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment, 21 Aug. 2002)

Companies feel the pressures of Corporate Social Responsibility -...a growing number of large, quoted companies in Britain are looking at their suppliers’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies as closely as their own...His remarks, though in the context of the UK, have considerable significance for the world scenario and India as well, where labour and environmental standards are going to be an important factor in doing business...“It’s early days for this kind of screening, but even now, companies like Sainsbury and British Airways are asking their suppliers for information on environmental policies and employment.” (Business Standard [India], 15 Aug. 2002)

13 Companies Earn Perfect Score on First HRC Corporate Equality Index [USA]: Demonstrate Leadership with Regard to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Employees - A total of 13 major U.S. corporations earned 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's first Corporate Equality Index, released today. The index rates large corporations on policies that affect their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers and investors...The 13 companies that scored 100 percent are: Aetna Inc.; AMR Corp./American Airlines; Apple Computer Inc.; Avaya Inc.; Eastman Kodak Co.; Intel Corp.; J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; Lucent Technologies Inc.; NCR Corp.; Nike Inc.; Replacements Ltd.; Worldspan L.P.; and Xerox Corp...At the other end of the scale, three companies scored zero: CBRL Group Inc./Cracker Barrel; Emerson Electric Co.; and Lockheed Martin Corp. (Human Rights Campaign, 13 Aug. 2002)

State high court rejects appeal by Boeing in hearing-loss case [USA] - Employers cannot reduce a disability award for job-related hearing loss because people of the worker's age generally suffer from age-related deafness, the Washington Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The case involved two Boeing workers who worked with riveting equipment, stamping presses and other loud machinery at the company's Renton plant for decades. (Associated Press, 9 Aug. 2002)

US judge directs United Airlines to hire, reimburse deaf mechanic - Five years of anger and frustration ended yesterday for a deaf airline mechanic when a federal judge ruled that United Airlines had papered over its discrimination with a flurry of sham reasons not to hire him. (Thanassis Cambanis, Boston Globe, 8 Aug. 2002)

BMI accused of anti-union ploy [UK] - BMI British Midland has been accused of squeezing out militant members of the cabin staff through a restructuring which will abolish a senior rank on each short-haul flight. (Andrew Clark, Guardian [UK], 8 July 2002)

The Climate Neutral Challenge - Global warming, until recently the lonely province of tree-huggers and wonks, is fast becoming a mainstream issue – and one, as some executives are learning, with profit potential...In the U.S., one can now book hotel rooms and flights and buy products – from household cleaning solutions to carpets – that are certified as having no net climate impact. (Katherine Ellison, on Business for Social Responsibility website, 1 July 2002)

Cheap air travel adding to global warming woes -...A study by the eco-group Friends of the Earth found that one return London-Miami flight generates as much carbon dioxide as the average British motorist produces in a year...To slow the rise in air travel, environmentalists recommend a levy on jet fuel. (Sujata Rao, Reuters, 27 June 2002) 

Jury Awards $5.5 Million in a Secondhand Smoke Case [USA] - The nation's biggest tobacco companies [Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, Lorillard and Brown & Williamson] suffered their first defeat in a secondhand smoke case this week, and they said yesterday that they would use the setback to challenge a critical ruling governing the $349 million settlement they struck with the nation's flight attendants nearly five years ago (Greg Winter, New York Times, 20 June 2002)

Age-bias claims up 23% over two years [USA]: It is the fastest-growing category of discrimination cases. Complaints tend to rise as layoffs increase. - On June 6, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Philadelphia office filed a lawsuit against Honeywell, seeking class-action status. (Jane M. Von Bergen, Philadelphia Inquirer, 17 June 2002)

Journalists List Corporations Found Guilty of Crimes throughout the 1990s - A simple list of corporate crimes, presented along with guilty pleas or fine payments, hints at the pervasiveness of poor corporate ethics...journalists Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman have compiled a list of The Top 100 Corporate Criminals of the Decade...The authors point out that six corporations--Exxon (now ExxonMobil), Rockwell International, Royal Carribbean Cruises, Warner-Lambert (now part of Pfizer), Teledyne, and United Technologies--appear more than once on the list. (William Baue, SocialFunds.com, 29 May 2002)

Judge Clears Way for Boeing Discrim Suit [USA] - A Seattle judge granted class status to a group of Asian-American employees of Boeing Co. , clearing the way for a lawsuit seeking tens of millions over alleged discrimination, the plaintiffs' lawyer said on Tuesday...The 55 initial plaintiffs are among some 1,500 Boeing engineers with ethnic ties to seven southern Asian countries who were unfairly denied pay raises and promotions, said their attorney, Harish Bharti. (Chris Stetkiewicz, Reuters, 28 May 2002)

Ocean oil pollution blamed on US rivers and boats - The vast majority of the 29 million gallons of petroleum that flow into U.S. coastal waters each year comes from polluted rivers, small boats and jet skis [and airplanes], and can't be blamed on well-publicized oil spills, a report from the National Academy of Sciences said yesterday. (Tom Doggett, Reuters, 24 May 2002) 

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: UNEP Blasts Industry "Business As Usual" (UN Wire, 16 May 2002)

Virgin Airlines Settles Case, Allowing Time Off for Religion [USA] - Virgin Atlantic Airlines has agreed to a settlement of a religious freedom case that will require the carrier to allow an employee time off from work for religious observances (Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2002) 

Manufacturers Step Up to the Challenge to Reduce Hazardous Waste [USA] - Fifty-nine manufacturers in Washington [Washington state] are participating in a new program that provides free technical assistance aimed at reducing the amount of hazardous waste and waste water they produce...The group comprises metal finishers, aerospace-parts manufacturers and circuit-board manufacturers. (GreenBiz.com, 23 Apr. 2002)

Pratt & Whitney Sponsors Industry-EPA [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] Pollution-Reduction Initiative [aimed at reducing pollution at its metal finishing suppliers] -...Pratt & Whitney is the second corporate sponsor of the Strategic Goals Program, following the Raytheon Company in 2001. (GreenBiz.com, 10 Apr. 2002)

World summit firm gets more donors, needs more cash: Organisers of a world development summit to be held in Johannesburg later this year said yesterday it had secured more money from local firms but still lacked a third of funds needed to meet its budget...State-owned firms Eskom, the South African Post Office and South African Airways said yesterday they had each contributed five million rand, along with mining giant Anglo American and construction company Murray & Roberts. The country's biggest bank Standard Bank and number two cellphone operator MTN have already contributed. (Reuters, 3 Apr. 2002)

{···français} Emploi - Poussées par la justice, des grandes entreprises indemnisent les militants dont la carrière a été pénalisée par leur engagement syndical [France] - Discrimination syndicale les entreprises se rachètent une conduite:...Les exemples de la SNCF et de EDF démontrent une chose que la France ne voulait pas voir : la discrimination syndicale n'est pas uniquement pratiquée dans quelques groupes emblématiques de l'antisyndicalisme comme Citroën et Michelin. La CGT, première organisation à s'être mobilisée sur le sujet, a établi une liste de plus de soixante-dix entreprises «discriminantes». Parmi celles-ci, on trouve le gratin de l'économie française : Renault, Aérospatiale (maintenant EADS), Matra, Thales, Framatome, Snecma, la SNPE, Comurex, Sollac, Ugine, Delphi, mais aussi la RATP, ou encore des PME comme TLD Tracma, près de Tours. (Hervé Nathan, Libération [France], 2 avril 2002)

Companies in Conflict Situations: Mineral Extraction in the Democratic Republic of Congo [refers to H.C. Stark of Germany (a subsidiary of Bayer AG), Ulba of Kazakhstan, and Cabot Corporation of the United States; French companies Safmarine, SDV-Transintra, Martinair; OSLEG, a company owned by Zimbabwe's army; Zimbabwean investor John Bredenkamp's Tremalt Ltd] (Oxford Analytica, prepared for International Business Leaders Forum and TimeFORTUNE, Apr. 2002)

Prison Blues; Starbucks, Nike, others profit from inmate labor [at U.S. prisons] - A partial list of companies that have worked within the prison system, directly employed prison workers, or contracted with companies that employ prison workers, either currently or in the past: Allstate, Best Western, Dell Computer, Eddie Bauer, Hawaiian Tropical Products, J. C. Penney, Kmart, Kwalu Inc., Konica, Lockhart Technologies, McDonald's, Merrill Lynch, Microjet, Microsoft, New York, New York Hotel and Casino, Nike, No Fear Inc., Omega Pacific, Parke-Davis, Planet Hollywood, Prison Blues (jeans), Shearson Lehman, Starbucks, Target, TWA, Victoria's Secret, Union Bay, Upjohn, Washington Marketing Group (Erica Barnett, In These Times, 4 Mar. 2002)

Boeing sued by female workers claiming gender discrimination [USA]: The Boeing Co. was sued in three states Wednesday by female employees who claim the company denied them pay, promotions and other workplace benefits based on their gender. (Bloomberg News, 17 Jan. 2002)

2001:

SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: UNICEF Head Calls Practice "Terrorism" [opening session of Second World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children]:...Queen Silvia of Sweden...highlighted...increased efforts by the private sector, including travel, tourism and information companies. She cited efforts by some airlines that run movies on flights to alert passengers to the problem and some tour companies that have instituted codes of conduct. (UN Wire, 17 Dec. 2001) 

Airplane Cabin Air May Be Unhealthy (Cat Lazaroff, Environment News Service, 11 Dec. 2001)

Pilot says she was unfairly dismissed by Ryanair [Ireland]: A co-pilot of a Ryanair aircraft, who left it at Prestwick following a dispute with the captain, claims she was unfairly dismissed and has issued proceedings against the company, the High Court was told yesterday...She claims Ryanair discriminated against her arising out of alleged sexual harassment by the aircraft's pilot. (Irish Times, 20 Nov. 2001)

Attendants: Flying isn't safe enough [USA] - Despite the increased security put into place after Sept. 11, a union representing flight attendants says air travel is not yet safe enough for airline passengers and crews..."Flight attendants pass through every airport in the country every day, and we're noticing that enormous lapses in security continue," AFA [Association of Flight Attendants] President Pat Friend said (Jim McKay, Post-Gazette [Pittsburgh, USA], 13 Nov. 2001)

Man barred from flight sues airline - Pakistani says it was discrimination [USA]: A Pakistani who works at a technology company in Mill Valley [California] filed a discrimination suit yesterday against United Airlines after the airline refused to let him board a flight at San Francisco International Airport last month. (Harriet Chiang, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2001) 

Heathrow residents in court win over night flights: Airports across Europe could be forced to reduce night flights after a landmark ruling on Tuesday that the UK government had violated the human rights of residents living near London's Heathrow airport. The government failed to strike a fair balance between the competing interests of the community - the economic benefits from night-time flights - and those of individuals, the European Court of Human Rights said. The level of noise allowed by UK regulations at Heathrow unfairly breached residents' rights to respect for their private and family life and home. (Jean Eaglesham and Mark Odell, Financial Times, 2 Oct. 2001) 

Inadequate OSHA [U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration] Standard for Hazardous Metal Places Tens of Thousands of Workers in Danger: Agency Must Act Now to Prevent Further Deaths from Beryllium Exposure, Public Citizen, PACE Say - The government should immediately lower workers’ exposure to beryllium, Public Citizen and the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union (PACE) said today in a petition filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), because the metal, commonly used in the manufacture of sporting goods, dental equipment and airplane parts, is directly linked to a fatal lung disease. (Public Citizen, 4 Sep. 2001)

Anger over air health claims: A Canadian researcher who claims that air quality in aircraft cabins could endanger health has been accused of "scaremongering"...his claims have been attacked by both industry groups and a leading aviation health expert (BBC News, 4 Sep. 2001)

New 'green' plane is threat to ozone layer: Earth's ozone layer, which is only just beginning to recover from the ravages of recent decades, faces a devastating new danger from a new generation of "environmentally friendly" aircraft, The Independent on Sunday can reveal. The threat comes from Boeing's new "sonic cruiser" passenger planes, which fly at a higher altitude than conventional jets: about 45,000 feet. (Geoffrey Lean, Independent [UK], 26 Aug. 2001) 

Court denies TWA insurance for cleanup, lawyers say: A state appeals court said yesterday that Trans World Airlines is not entitled to insurance coverage to clean up environmental pollution at a maintenance facility in Kansas City, lawyers for the airline's insurance companies said in a statement. (Reuters, 24 Aug. 2001)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] files lawsuit against Emery Worldwide Airlines for discrimination against African-American employees: Alleges Persistent, Facility-wide Racial Harassment, Biased Treatment and Retaliation (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 3 July 2001) 

Thai Government, Airline Urged To Fight Sex Tourism (UN Wire, 3 July 2001)

EU chief slams Boeing over gas-guzzling new jet (Robin Pomeroy, Reuters, 25 June 2001)

BOSNIA: UN Worker Allegedly Fired For Reporting Sexual Misconduct - Former UN human rights investigator Kathryn Bolkovac on Friday filed a civil lawsuit in the United Kingdom against a major US contractor, alleging that she was dismissed for investigating allegations of sexual misconduct in Bosnia by fellow UN personnel, the Washington Post reports. (UN Wire, 25 June 2001)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] settles bias suit for $2.6 million against TWA: Class of Female Workers Subjected to Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Kennedy Airport (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 24 May 2001)

Colombia: Private Firms Take on U.S. Military Role in Drug War (Juan O. Tamayo, Miami Herald, 22 May 2001)

Cut-throat transport is killing workers and the environment (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 27 Apr. 2001)

Delta faces racial discrimination suit [USA] (Atlanta Business Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2001)

2000:

Council on Economic Priorities Names the Industry Leaders for the Year 2000 [Campaign for Cleaner Corporations] (Council on Economic Priorities, 2000)

1999:

relevant sections of Business and Human Rights in a Time of Change (Christopher Avery, Nov. 1999):

New race-bias issue: the workplace climate - Case of black airline mechanic in Los Angeles follows lead of sex-harassment law. Following in the legal footsteps left by sexual-harassment cases, a new kind of lawsuit is emerging to combat racial prejudice on the job. As of yet, racial-harassment suits - which focus on workplace climate - are a tiny part of the overall caseload. But they are growing in number and are giving minorities a new recourse that some experts say will help eradicate more overt forms of racism. (Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 1999)