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  Racial/ethnic/caste/origin discrimination, including in the workplace  

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NEW (recent additions to this section; top item is most recent addition)
Employment Equity Under the Spotlight [South Africa; refers to racial & gender discrimination] (South African Press Association, 13 May 2003)

ILO launches first global report on discrimination at work - Says workplace discrimination remains a persistent global problem, with new, more subtle forms emerging (International Labour Organization, 12 May 2003)

Gold Fields faces $7bn uranium exposure suit - Lawyers acting on behalf of more than 500 former employees of Gold Fields, South Africa's second largest gold producer, will file a suit on Monday in New York seeking damages of up to $7bn. (Nicol Degli Innocenti, Financial Times, 4 May 2003)

Racial discrimination pervasive in Swiss workplace - Racial discrimination in the workplace is pervasive in Switzerland, according to a study released ahead of Labour Day. The study, commissioned by the Federal Service for Combating Racism, found that racial discrimination was present in all aspects of work, from job-seeking to promotion prospects and salaries. (Imogen Foulkes, swissinfo, 1 May 2003)

Judge OKs MetLife discrimination settlement [USA] - A federal judge has approved a settlement of a lawsuit that accused Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of discriminating against blacks and other minorities in the selling of policies. (AP, 29 Apr. 2003)

New fact sheets outline protections against discrimination by multinational employers - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) tomorrow will post two new fact sheets - "Employee Rights when Working for Multinational Employers" and "The Equal Employment Opportunity Responsibilities of Multinational Employers" - on the agency's web site. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 24 Apr. 2003)

{···français} Apartheid: des firmes sommées de réparer - Des plaignants sud-africains réclament des milliards de dollars ( Sabine Cessou, Libération, 12 avril 2003)

Ford and Fannie Mae Top List of 50 Best Companies for Diversity [USA] -...The ranking took into consideration many different aspects of diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability, among others...The top ten companies on the list included Ford, Fannie Mae, American Express, Verizon, IBM, SAFECO, Deloitte & Touche, Eastman Kodak, Bank of America, Xerox (William Baue, SocialFunds.com, 24 Apr. 2003)

Drug industry debates duty to society -...To what extent should pharmaceutical companies be accountable for including minorities in their studies of new medicines? What issues should be considered in balancing the enforcement of patents and the availability of life-saving drugs? These questions and more arose at the opening day of a conference examining the "Grand Bargain" between society and the drug industry (Lewis Krauskopf, NorthJersey.com, 22 Apr. 2003)

International standards (see also general standards & guidelines in "International standards & guidelines" and "Labour issues: general"):

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) {···français···español} 

Websites:

The Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment

"Discrimination", in Global Business Responsibility Resource Center (Business for Social Responsibility) Note: click "Human Rights" in column on left side of the website page which appears, then click "Discrimination".

Empowerment: What black empowerment means for BP - Landmark partnership deal [South Africa]:...promoting empowerment is both the right thing to do and makes business sense...Recently we took a dramatic step forward by taking into our South African company - BP Southern Africa (Pty) Limited (BPSA) - black empowerment partners. These partners will hold an equity stake giving them 25% shareholder voting rights and three seats on the board. (BP)

Equality: Black Workers [UK] (TUC)

Facts About National Origin Discrimination (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Facts About Race/Color Discrimination (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Federal Laws Prohibiting Job Discrimination: Questions And Answers - Federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Laws [USA] (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Information for Employers (Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunities Commission)

Labor Law - Labor Law is a unique Internet database of detailed labor law reports and supply chain compliance resources [a paid service for subscribers] (Business for Social Responsibility)

Minorities (Council on Economic Priorities)

National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights: We demand freedom from caste bondage for the 260 million Dalits of Asia

Race/ethnicity/national origin: Novo Nordisk equal opportunities toolbox in Novo Nordisk equal opportunities toolbox (Novo Nordisk)

Racial Discrimination: Race for Business Resources (Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission, Government of Australia)

Racial Discrimination in Employment (Small Business Service, United Kingdom Government)

Racial Discrimination in the workplace information (Chicago Legal Net)

Racism and Racial Discrimination (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) 

The Southern Company Lawsuit [USA]: Seven current and former employees of Southern Company and its subsidiaries Georgia Power Company, Southern Company Services and Southern Company Energy Solutions (“Southern Company”) have filed a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that Southern Company discriminates against its African-American employees with respect to pay and promotions and subjects those employees to a racially hostile work environment. (Georgia Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda)

Government reports:

Employment and Occupational Safety (Green Paper, Ministry of Labour, South Africa, 1 July 1996)

Coca-Cola: Case in U.S. court regarding the company's alleged racial discrimination against employees in USA:

Texaco: Case in U.S. court regarding the company's alleged racial discrimination against employees in USA:

Other materials:

2003:

Employment Equity Under the Spotlight [South Africa; refers to racial & gender discrimination] (South African Press Association, 13 May 2003)

ILO launches first global report on discrimination at work - Says workplace discrimination remains a persistent global problem, with new, more subtle forms emerging (International Labour Organization, 12 May 2003)

Gold Fields faces $7bn uranium exposure suit - Lawyers acting on behalf of more than 500 former employees of Gold Fields, South Africa's second largest gold producer, will file a suit on Monday in New York seeking damages of up to $7bn. (Nicol Degli Innocenti, Financial Times, 4 May 2003)

Racial discrimination pervasive in Swiss workplace - Racial discrimination in the workplace is pervasive in Switzerland, according to a study released ahead of Labour Day. The study, commissioned by the Federal Service for Combating Racism, found that racial discrimination was present in all aspects of work, from job-seeking to promotion prospects and salaries. (Imogen Foulkes, swissinfo, 1 May 2003)

Judge OKs MetLife discrimination settlement [USA] - A federal judge has approved a settlement of a lawsuit that accused Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of discriminating against blacks and other minorities in the selling of policies. (AP, 29 Apr. 2003)

New fact sheets outline protections against discrimination by multinational employers - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) tomorrow will post two new fact sheets - "Employee Rights when Working for Multinational Employers" and "The Equal Employment Opportunity Responsibilities of Multinational Employers" - on the agency's web site. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 24 Apr. 2003)

Ford and Fannie Mae Top List of 50 Best Companies for Diversity [USA] -...The ranking took into consideration many different aspects of diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability, among others...The top ten companies on the list included Ford, Fannie Mae, American Express, Verizon, IBM, SAFECO, Deloitte & Touche, Eastman Kodak, Bank of America, Xerox (William Baue, SocialFunds.com, 24 Apr. 2003)

Drug industry debates duty to society -...To what extent should pharmaceutical companies be accountable for including minorities in their studies of new medicines? What issues should be considered in balancing the enforcement of patents and the availability of life-saving drugs? These questions and more arose at the opening day of a conference examining the "Grand Bargain" between society and the drug industry (Lewis Krauskopf, NorthJersey.com, 22 Apr. 2003)

{···français} Apartheid: des firmes sommées de réparer - Des plaignants sud-africains réclament des milliards de dollars ( Sabine Cessou, Libération, 12 avril 2003)

US firm faces $1bn claim for complicity [South Africa] - Fluor, the biggest US publicly traded engineering and construction company, faces a $1 billion claim by black former workers who allege they were discriminated against under apartheid. Anglo American, the world's second-biggest mining company, and diamond producer De Beers also face a lawsuit by former employees who say they were enslaved, beaten and tortured under apartheid. Lawyer Ed Fagan said a lawsuit would be filed today in California federal courts. The suit will argue that Fluor paid blacks less than whites and that the company helped repress workers during a 1987 strike in which two were killed. (Jonathan Rosenthal and Antony Sguazzin, Business Report [South Africa], 7 Apr. 2003)

Blacks join to dump harmful waste sites [USA] - They say a form of 'racism' puts facilities that process hazardous materials in their communities. -...Like Baker, citizens in many poor, black communities around Alabama and the South in recent years have fought companies that have located pollution-spewing industrial plants, hazardous landfills and waste incinerators near homes and schools. Known as "environmental racism," the practice of locating such toxic operations near politically powerless blacks has been stymied by emerging citizen groups. [refers to lawsuits against chemical plant in Anniston, Alabama - defendants were Monsanto, Solutia, Pharmacia; also refers to Waste Management Inc, Shintech Inc] (Dave Bryan, Associated Press, 6 Apr. 2003)

Ga. Power race bias suit thrown out - Plaintiffs' attorneys say they'll appeal [USA] - A high-profile racial discrimination case fueled by allegations that Georgia Power did nothing about nooses hanging at its facilities was thrown out by a federal judge this week...The case was brought against Georgia Power and its parent, Southern Co. (Margaret Newkirk, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2 Apr. 2003)

Anglo American, SAf Govt Launch ZAR40M Empowerment Fund [South Africa] - Diversified global mining giant Anglo American PLC and Khula Enterprise Finance Ltd., a Department of Trade and Industry initiative, has launched a 40 million rand fund to promote black economic empowerment in South Africa's junior mining sector. (Dow Jones, 31 Mar. 2003)

Government promises to name racist employers [UK] - Racist employers are to be named as part of government measures aimed at ending all discrimination in the workplace within 10 years. (Paul Waugh, Independent [UK], 22 Mar. 2003)

Discrimination plaguing UK workplaces - Nearly half of the British workforce has experienced discrimination at work, according to an alarming new survey...Age discrimination appears to be most rife in the UK workplace, with one in three staff complaining they have been discriminated against in this way. Just over one in ten felt they had suffered sexual discrimination, while just two per cent believed that had been unfairly treated because of their race. (Startups.co.uk, 22 Mar. 2003)

White Men Still Outearn Other Groups [USA] -...A highly educated white man still makes much more money than anyone else. On average, a white man with a college diploma earned about $65,000 in 2001. Similarly educated white women made about 40 percent less, while black and Hispanic men earned 30 percent less, according to Census Bureau estimates being released Friday. Almost half of Asian residents 25 and older have graduated from college, nearly twice the rate of whites. Still, Asians earned about 8 percent less than whites. (Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press, 21 Mar. 2003)

Eight killed, including ChevronTexaco worker, as violence escalates in oil-rich Niger Delta [Nigeria] - Ethnic clashes in an oil-rich area of Nigeria have left eight people dead, including an employee of ChevronTexaco, officials said Tuesday...The Ijaws...accuse Nigeria and multinational companies of unfairly favoring smaller, rival tribes with lucrative contracts and development projects. (Dulue Mbachu, Associated Press, 19 Mar. 2003)

Pakistani-American Workers to Share $1.11 Million in Harassment Settlement with Stockton Steel [subsidiary of Herrick Corp.] [USA] - Muslim Employees Ridiculed While Engaging In Prayer Obligations, EEOC Suit Says (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 19 Mar. 2003)

Sun Hit With Discrimination Suit [USA] - In a class action suit against Sun Microsystems Inc., a former Sun employee claims the company discriminated against him and other employees when it layed off about 2,500 workers in 2001. Former Sun software engineering manager Walter Kruz...claimed that Sun engaged in age and race discrimination when it fired him and others. (Jeff Moad, eWEEK, 19 Mar. 2003)

Race discrimination victim still waiting for tribunal cash award [UK] - A Rastafarian who won a race discrimination tribunal against his employers [Adam Fire Surrounds Ltd] is still waiting for his compensation. (Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 18 Mar. 2003)

Use kid gloves in handling claims of discrimination or harassment [USA] - There are simple ways employers can more effectively cooperate with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission while creating a better environment for the resolution of employment issues. These guidelines will minimize both the risk of claims and potential liability should a claim be asserted. (Stephen W. Schueler, Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC, in Houston Business Journal, 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)

Internationally-recognised core labour standards in Canada - Canada has ratified only five of the eight core labour standards...Canada has ratified both the ILO’s core conventions on discrimination. While the law is generally in compliance with those conventions, in practice women continue to receive much lower remuneration than men. Disabled people and aboriginal peoples are greatly under-represented in the work force. (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 11 Mar. 2003)

Employers 'wide open' to discrimination claims [UK] - UK employers are leaving themselves wide open to discrimination claims according to the Work Foundation. The survey of business recruitment practices found that firms were failing to monitor racial and sexual diversity amongst jobseekers...It is illegal for employers to discriminate against applicants on the basis of sex, disability or race.  It will soon become illegal to discriminate on grounds of age, sexual orientation and religion. (BBC News, 10 Mar. 2003)

Suit accuses Friedman's of racial discrimination [USA] - Friedman's Inc., the Savannah-based jewelry chain, was accused in a federal lawsuit Thursday of racial discrimination against African-Americans in hiring and promotions, and maintaining a racially hostile workplace. (Matthew C. Quinn, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7 Mar. 2003)

Black clergy set boycott over alleged financing discrimination [USA] - Black clergy members from numerous states have set a March 15 boycott date against DaimlerChrysler AG unless the automaker addresses allegations of racial discrimination. The unnamed coalition claimed 240 ministers from 14 states met at a Baptist church in Harvey to protest alleged credit practices denying loans to minorities, said Sean Howard, a spokesman for the group. Consumers claiming discrimination have filed a lawsuit against the company's financing arm, DaimlerChrysler Services.. (Associated Press, 3 Mar. 2003)

EOC says Britain needs modern equality law - Britain needs modern and consistent equality law that reflects how society has changed over the last 30 years, Julie Mellor, Chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) said today..."Today women play a far more important role in the workplace and in public life and men take on more family and caring responsibilities. Gay and lesbian people are increasingly visible in all walks of life, and as life expectancy increases older people can expect to lead active lives for longer.  However, inequality and prejudice haven't gone away. Single parents, pensioners and the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities are still among the poorest groups, and women in these groups are even poorer than men." (Equal Opportunities Commission [UK], 28 Feb. 2003)

Beyond philanthropy - Roger Cowe looks at attempts by major corporations to tie social opportunities into the very core of product and market development [refers to Lattice work with young offenders & school truancy; Centrica recruitment of disabled workers; BG Group funding a geosciences course at Univ. of West Indies;  EdF providing solar energy in Mali; Hewlett-Packard project in Sao Paolo to bridge digital divide; National grid Transco work with young offenders; Deutsche Bank’s experiments with micro-credit; HSBC’s development of Islamic mortgage products; work by Barclays and LloydsTSB on diversity; Unilever “small pack” initiative that makes detergents affordable to the poor, and its role in creating the Marine Stewardship Council; Procter & Gamble developing products which meet social needs] (Roger Cowe, in Ethical Corporation Magazine, 28 Feb. 2003)

Fired ConAgra Worker Wins Race Case [USA] - A line supervisor at an Arkansas poultry processing plant has won a jury verdict of more than $14 million on claims that his firing after 32 years of employment was racially motivated. (Nick Upmeyer, National Law Journal, 26 Feb. 2003)

Ministry focuses on workers’ rights [Fiji] - “Every working person has the right and should be able to enjoy a working environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination whether on the basis of ethnicity, nationality or social origin, religion, political affiliation, gender or any other form of personal identity,” he [Labour Minister Kenneth Zinck] said. Mr Zinck pointed out it was the responsibility of all employers to ensure there was an internal policy on sexual harassment in the workplace. (Daily Post [Fiji], 23 Feb. 2003)

Investor Dollars Versus Workers' Rights [Kenya] - Recent strikes by Export Processing Zones employees have raised questions about the Government's stand on labour interests against the need to attract foreign investment. The workers' revolt in the Export Processing Zone transfixed the nation and raised a pertinent issue: Should investor privilege compromise workers' rights?...Their complaints about poor pay and "inhuman" working conditions were peppered with accusations of racism and sexual harassment. (Ken Opala, Nation [Kenya], 21 Feb. 2003)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] and Pinnacle Nissan [a Scottsdale, Arizona-based automobile dealership] Settle National Origin and Religious Harassment Lawsuit -...the EEOC alleged that six former employees of Pinnacle Nissan were subjected to a hostile working environment on the basis of national origin, Middle Eastern and Hispanic, and one former employee was subjected to a hostile work environment because of his religion, Jewish. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 19 Feb. 2003)

Griffin Pipe Products to pay $100,000, and implement revamped promotion procedures [USA] - Settlement Benefits African-Americans Denied Promotion to Salaried Positions - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the resolution of its employment discrimination lawsuit against Griffin Pipe Products Company, a subsidiary of Amstead Industries, Inc (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 13 Feb. 2003)

{···français} Une société de cosmétiques [Biophase] condamnée pour discrimination [France] - Six mois de prison avec sursis pour avoir "trié" personnel et clientèle -..."Les clientes arabes et africaines étaient refusées."..."C'est une sanction historique", a commenté son [l'association SOS-Racisme] vice-président, Samuel Thomas. "Les plus lourdes peines prononcées étaient de trois mois de prison avec sursis. Ce jugement est un encouragement pour tous les salariés qui dénoncent les ordres et agissements discriminatoires provenant de leur direction." (Jean-Pierre Tenoux, Le Monde, 8 février 2003)

El Salvador: Violations of Labour Standards Rife, says new ICFTU Report - ...the ICFTU has condemned El Salvador's failure to protect basic trade union rights in the country's Export Processing Zones...One of the many major allegations of the report was the unsafe working conditions workers face ...Gender discrimination is also widespread...The report also mentions the fact that indigenous people in El Salvador face discrimination in employment...Child labour is also widespread in much of the rural and unregulated urban economies (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 5 Feb. 2003)

Statement of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Regarding EEOC V. RD's Drive-In -  the employer instituted a rule attempting to censor their [4 employees] ability to speak their native Navajo language, even though use of the Navajo language allowed many employees to perform their work more efficiently. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 21 Jan. 2003)

Workers all for meritocracy [Singapore] - Bosses should not be prejudiced against Muslims because a small group of Jemaah Islamiah members has been detained here under the Internal Security Act. That is the call from workers of different races and religions reacting to the recent White Paper on the JI arrests and the threat of terrorism. (Ahmad Osman, Straits Times, 17 Jan. 2003)

Colour still marks US job market - People with white-sounding names stand a better chance of getting a job in the United States, a new survey has found. (BBC News, 15 Jan. 2003)

EEOC sues Pickle Manufacturing Company for discrimination against workers from India [USA] - Low Wages, Mistreatment, Harsh Living Conditions Lead to Federal Suit on Behalf of Immigrants - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the John Pickle Company, alleging that the Tulsa-based oil industry parts manufacturer discriminated against a class of at least 52 workers on the basis of their race (Asian) and national origin (East Indian) (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2 Jan. 2003)

2002:

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]: Job Discrimination Up Since 9/11 (Siobhan McDonough, Associated Press, 4 Dec. 2002)

Is a boss liable for an employee's race bias? High court weighs case against a Southern California Realtor by a mixed-race couple. [USA] - The [U.S.] Supreme Court is considering the case of a mixed-race California couple stymied in efforts to buy a new home by a real estate agent who they said called them a "salt-and-pepper team." The question for the justices: Can the couple sue the agent's boss? (Mark Sherman, Associated Press, 4 Dec. 2002)

New study says racism 'deeply rooted' in economic system [Canada] - According to a new study by the Canadian Labour Congress, experts are predicting social tension in Canada will rise if a persistent wage gap between people of colour and the general population is not closed. (CBC News, 29 Nov. 2002)

EEOC settles race discrimination suit with the Mirage for $1.14 million - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has settled a major race discrimination lawsuit against The Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip for over $1 million. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 27 Nov. 2002)

Janitors here custodians of civil rights movement [Pittsburgh, USA] -...Topping Burgess' list of Quality Service's sins were instances of racial discrimination (Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26 Nov. 2002)

Union says cleaning firm discriminates [USA] - About 150 cleaning workers and supporters staged a noisy demonstration Saturday at Parkway Center Mall against a cleaning contractor [Quality Services Inc.] they say discriminates against black workers...Hoffman and others said managers at Quality Services, which has a contract to clean the mall and several other buildings in the city, have subjected black employees to harassment on the job and often use racial slurs. (Luis Fabregas, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 10 Nov. 2002)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] racial harassment suit against Texas drilling company [TMBR/Sharp Drilling] settles for $859,000: Employees Allegedly Subjected to Hangman's Nooses and Nazi Symbols at Drilling Site (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 29 Oct. 2002)

Code of employment practices ready soon [Singapore] - The first draft of the code of employment practices to ensure that Malay/Muslim workers are not discriminated against is out and a final draft should be ready within weeks. (Straits Times, 27 Oct. 2002)

Blacks hurt more by power plant pollution - US study - Blacks are more likely than whites to live near areas polluted by power plants and suffer adverse health consequences as a result, civil rights and environmental activists said yesterday. (Karen Jacobs, Reuters, 24 Oct. 2002)

Equity at work must be tackled - Omam [Old Mutual Asset Managers] [South Africa] - Eight years after the end of apartheid rule, the economy is still dominated by whites and the government is pushing companies to do more to increase their proportion of black shareholders and managers. (Reuters, 23 Oct. 2002)

Muslim ex-worker sues Chick-fil-A for discrimination [USA] - Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A is disputing a Muslim employee's claim that he was fired for religious reasons. (Caroline Wilbert, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 23 Oct. 2002)

ILO & Russian Business Focus on Labour Rights - Ten leading representatives of the Russian business community together with the representatives of UN agencies, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Labour and Social Development attended a meeting on 24 September organized by the ILO on the important issue of Discrimination. (U.N. Global Compact, 17 Oct. 2002)

ILO, ADB join forces to improve labour standards, promote development - The International Labour Office (ILO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have joined forces to improve labour standards as a means of promoting development and reducing poverty in the Asia-Pacific region...The meeting recommended that Governments, the ADB and the ILO highlight labour standards in policy dialogue with governments; promote improved labour standards by designing projects, e.g., to address child labour, improve occupational safety, reduce discrimination at the workplace or eliminate bonded labour; strengthen monitoring of working conditions in the region... (International Labour Organization, 11 Oct. 2002)

Muslims Snubbed in Discrimination Laws [Australia] - Kamal El-Masri, a member of the Australian Services Union, has been threatened with dismissal from telecommunications company TPG over his commitment to praying, in his own time, at work. (Labor Council of NSW [New South Wales], Workers Online, 11 Oct. 2002)

Workplace Racism Rife Post S11 [Australia] - A Turkish worker [at Boral Concrete] who has lived in Australia for 33 years says he’s been the butt of jokes and abuse from workmates since last years September 11 attacks on the United States. (Labor Council of NSW [New South Wales], Workers Online, 11 Oct. 2002)

Bertelsmann offers regret for its Nazi-era conduct - The German media conglomerate Bertelsmann expressed regret today for its conduct under the Nazis, and for later efforts to cover it up, as a group of scholars issued an extensive report documenting the company's collaboration. (Mark Landler, New York Times, in Financial Times, 9 Oct. 2002)

3 win discrimination suit: $450,000 awarded to black salesmen fired by car dealer [USA] - Three black salesmen who were fired by an Arapahoe County dealership [Centennial Chrysler Plymouth dealership was owned by the Moreland Automotive Group] on Martin Luther King Day will share $450,000 as part of a race discrimination settlement. (John Accola, Rocky Mountain News, 9 Oct. 2002)

Automakers struggle to stem harassment: Part 1 - Race, sex complaints persist despite training [USA] [refers to General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Mitsubishi] (Susan Carney, Detroit News, 6 Oct. 2002)

Pensacola auto dealership accused in racial harassment suit [USA] - An auto dealership [Centennial Imports Inc.] is accused in a federal lawsuit of failing to stop employees from harassing black workers by using racial slurs, jokes and epithets, and displaying a hangman's noose in a work area. (Associated Press, 1 Oct. 2002)

Fair play in workplace will be maintained: labour chief [Singapore] - NTUC Secretary-General Lim Boon Heng says fair play will be maintained in the workplace in Singapore. Mr Lim's reassurance cames after concerns about job discrimination that had been raised by the Muslim community during recent meetings with the minister. (ChannelNews Asia, 26 Sep. 2002)

Panel rates Coke on diversity [USA] - Coca-Cola has been promoting women and minorities at a faster rate than white men, but a court-appointed task force still found that many minority workers believe they are treated less fairly...The report on the workplace climate at Coca-Cola, issued Wednesday, comes nearly two years after the company settled a class-action racial discrimination lawsuit. (Scott Leith, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 26 Sep. 2002)

Fannie Mae Sued for Discrimination [USA] - A mortgage applicant has sued mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae in U.S. District Court for discrimination, alleging she was denied credit because of the company's automated credit scoring system..."The credit scoring model used by Fannie Mae is inherently discriminatory in that it contains racially discriminatory assumptions that are embedded in the statistical formulas," Rahmaan's lawyers said in her lawsuit. (Mark Felsenthal, Reuters, 25 Sep. 2002)

Discrimination and limited trade union rights on the menu for Australia’s workers - In a new report on Australia, produced to coincide with the 23-25 September WTO review of that countries’ trade policy, the ICFTU has condemned serious violations of workers’ trade union rights, even including incidents of violence against trade union activists. The report also highlights the seemingly intractable problem of discrimination against women and indigenous people in the country. (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 23 Sep. 2002)

City of London is not a 'no-go area' for trade unions [UK] - Unions in London today began an ‘Organise the City’ campaign to raise awareness of employment rights and increase the profile of trade unions in the City of London...Bullying and harassment, discrimination, stress, excessive working hours, wrongly handled redundancies, unequal pay and wrongful deductions from pay are just some of the problems workers endure. (Trades Union Congress, 16 Sep. 2002)

Current List of Annual Company Meeting Statements Made by Socially Responsible Shareholders [includes Alltel - Sexual Orientation Discrimination; Eastman Chemical Company - Health Risks of Cigarette Filters; Gannett - American Indians / Diversity Reporting; Hasbro - Sweatshops] (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, 10 Sep. 2002)

Employment equity is not reverse racism: Labour minister [South Africa] (SAPA, 4 Sep. 2002)

Worker alleges bias by water firm - Claiming an air of “overt racial discrimination” against his employer, a black man has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Indiana-American Water Company. (Richard Grey, Post-Tribune [Indiana, USA], 23 Aug. 2002)

Former Supervisor for Robbins Hardwood Flooring Files Racial Discrimination Charges [USA] (PACE International Union, 22 Aug. 2002)

Suit accuses House of Blues of discrimination [USA] - A former bartender at the House of Blues restaurant in downtown Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was discriminated against because of his Islamic faith following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Matt O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2002)

Nursing home fires employee for speaking Spanish on the job [USA] -...Courts have issued mixed rulings about the legality of such rules. (Associated Press, 20 Aug. 2002)

Marriott settles D.M. [Des Moines, Iowa] bias case [USA] - Marriott International will pay $115,000 and apologize for canceling the Des Moines convention reservation of an Arab-American group immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Madelaine Jerousek, Des Moines Register, 16 Aug. 2002)

Spanish Broadcasters Get Paid Less [USA] - Spanish-language radio and TV broadcasters earn significantly less than their counterparts at English-language stations and receive inferior health and retirement benefits, a new study found...Univision and Telemundo, the companies which dominate the Spanish-language broadcasting industry, bore the brunt of criticism (Lynn Elber, AP, 14 Aug. 2002)

Revealed: Race hate 'exposed black workers to radiation at BNFL plant' - British Nuclear Fuels is being sued by black workers at an American plant who claim it shares responsibility for deliberately assigning jobs that exposed them to almost twice as much radiation as their white colleagues in an environment of "hostile racism". (Marie Woolf, Andrew Buncombe & Solomon Hughes, Independent [UK], 13 Aug. 2002)

Workers get £3.9M payouts [UK] - Victims of unlawful discrimination at work won a record £3.9million in compensation last year. The Equal Opportunities Review said there were 329 payouts - up 10 per cent from the previous year. The biggest settlement for a sex discrimination case went to a woman sacked because she was pregnant. Marks & Spencer clothes suppliers Bentwood Brothers had to pay her £190,663. (Daily Record [UK], 12 Aug. 2002)

Workers take Xerox to court for 'blacks in a noose' discrimination [USA] - Black employees of Xerox in Cincinnati are bringing a federal court action against the company, claiming that black dolls with nooses round their necks were left in three of its branches, and that racist slurs were common. (Duncan Campbell, Guardian [UK], 9 Aug. 2002)

Workplace-bias curbs extended [Massachusetts, USA] - Law extends time to file complaints - A bill to extend the deadline for filing workplace bias and sexual harassment charges against employers has been signed into law, increasing the statute of limitations for such claims in Massachusetts from six months to 300 days. (Diane E. Lewis, Boston Globe, 9 Aug. 2002)

UN Looks at Discrimination Against 'Untouchables,' South Asia's Lowest Caste - A United Nations committee is holding a special two-day meeting to examine the issue of descent, or caste-based, discrimination...Ms. Burnad [of the Tamil Nadu Women's Forum] said the economic, social, political and cultural rights of Dalit are violated. She said they are forced to do the dirtiest jobs for the lowest pay, and most are deprived of education. [refers to India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Senegal, Japan] (Lisa Schlein, Voice of America, 8 Aug 2002)

Xerox cited again for racial discrimination [USA] - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found that Xerox Corp. discriminated against black employees -- the second such finding in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. (Reuters, 8 Aug. 2002)

Backing for law against race bias [Hong Kong]: Consultation reveals business groups in favour of legislation, but bureau's analysis criticised - Business groups and NGOs are strongly in favour of legislation to outlaw race discrimination, according to a government consultation on whether such a law should be introduced. (South China Morning Post, 7 Aug. 2002)

Harassment victim sues Burger King after attack [Colorado, USA] - The former general manager of a Longmont fast-food franchise is suing the restaurant's owners, alleging they should have protected her from being racially harassed and assaulted by a customer. (Matt Sebastian, Daily Camera [USA], 7 Aug. 2002)

Evian bottler settles inherited discrimination suit [USA] - Groupe Danone SA, the bottler of Evian water, will pay $1.25 million to settle claims of black delivery drivers who said they received less pay than their white counterparts...The federal agency began its investigation into what was then a McKesson Corp. unit after eight black employees in 1998 filed charges that the company assigned them less-profitable routes than their white colleagues. (Joyzelle Davis, Bloomberg News, 7 Aug. 2002)

Seat pricing proof of bias, says Lewis [USA] - Memphis school board member Sara Lewis has heard for years that bids from minority vendors to the school district are often higher than others because they aren't able to buy supplies at the same prices as majority vendors. At Monday's school board meeting, she called for an investigation into what she thinks may be proof that black firms who want school construction business are victims of discrimination and as a result, don't get their share of business. (Aimee Edmondson, gomemphis.com, 7 Aug. 2002)

Bias suit vs. Waffle House dismissed [USA] - A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Waffle House has been dismissed, according to a company announcement. (Caroline Wilbert, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6 Aug. 2002)

Discrimination suits take big risks for big rewards [USA] - Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore is among a dozen or so law firms nationwide that have become part of a cottage industry in class-action lawsuits against large employers, alleging racial bias in their hiring, promotion and pay practices. The law firms...also sue on behalf of workers who believe they are being denied equal opportunity because of gender, age, disability and other factors. (Robert Luke, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5 Aug. 2002)

Company agrees to settlement of discrimination charges [USA] - The nation's largest commercial printer [R.R. Donnelley & Sons] has agreed to spend $610,000 to settle allegations that it inadvertently discriminated against minority job applicants at two of its Pennsylvania printing plants. (Associated Press, 5 Aug. 2002)

{···français} L'ONU épingle l'Autriche pour xénophobie dans le monde du travail - Les salariés non issus de l'UE ne peuvent être élus représentants du personnel...L'Organisation internationale du travail et le Conseil de l'Europe ont déjà exhorté l'Autriche à abolir une loi qu'ils jugent xénophobe. (Pierre Daum, Libération, 26 juillet 2002)

Study Finds Bias on the Job Is Still Common [USA] - Women and minorities appear to be benefiting from greater employment opportunities in the United States, but discrimination remains a significant problem, according to a study to be released today by two professors at the Rutgers School of Law in Newark...Roughly a third of the employers studied appeared to have discriminated against women or minorities in at least one job category, the authors said. (Reed Abelson, New York Times, 24 July 2002)

Best companies for minorities [USA] - Diversity Leaders -...these companies have not abandoned their commitment to hiring, promoting, and retaining talented employees of all races [lists the 50 top companies; top 10: Fannie Mae, Sempra Energy, Advantica, SBC Communications, McDonald's, PNM Resources, Southern California Edison, United States Postal Service, Freddie Mac, BellSouth] (Fortune, 8 July 2002)

Caste and Descent-Based Discrimination - Written statement submitted by Human Rights Watch [includes references to India, South Asia generally, Africa generally, Japan, Senegal, Nigeria, Mauritania, Somalia, Gambia,  Cameroon] (Human Rights Watch, document for U.N. Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 2 July 2002)

Development Aggression: Observations on Human Rights Conditions in the PT Freeport Indonesia Contract of Work Areas With Recommendations [West Papua, Indonesia] - This paper is a presentation of observations, conclusions, and recommendations regarding human rights conditions in the PT Freeport Indonesia [majority owned and controlled by US-based mining company Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc] Contract of Work areas in Papua, Indonesia...The presentation below has been circumscribed by Freeport's lack of cooperation and other interference with the assessment process...Some of these violations - such as those caused by environmental destruction - are the direct by-products of Freeport's mining operations. Others - such as physical attacks - are the result of the illegal, indiscriminate, and/or disproportionate use of force against civilians by the Indonesian military and police providing security for and funded by Freeport. (Abigail Abrash, consultant for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, July 2002)

Ethnic workers struggle to reach the top [UK] - Few black and Asian workers are being appointed as senior managers in the UK, according to new research. A survey of nearly three million people found that - of those at senior board level - only 44 were ethnic minorities. This represents just 3.4% of senior managers. There were no black or other ethnic minority chief executives in the companies surveyed. (BBC News, 20 June 2002)

The Strategic Logic of Diversity -...If we want to recruit and retain the best women we won't succeed if we tolerate what one commentator has described as "a golf club culture" which can implicitly, if not explicitly, exclude women and sometimes minorities as well. If we want to be an employer of the most able people who happen to be gay or lesbian, we won't succeed unless we offer equal benefits for partners in same sex relationships. (Lord Browne, Group Chief Executive of  BP, keynote speech at the Women in Leadership conference [Berlin], 19 June 2002)

The concept and practice of affirmative action - Final report submitted by Mr. Marc Bossuyt, Special Rapporteur (document for U.N. Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, 17 June 2002)

Court upholds arbitration contract [USA] - The Texas Supreme Court today upheld a company's [Brown & Root Energy Services, a subsidiary of Halliburton Co.] right to impose a non-negotiated binding arbitration contract on a longtime employee [alleging race & age discrimination] who claimed it was unfair. Consumer and labor groups criticized the ruling as eroding Texas workers' rights to sue employers for wrongdoing. (Associated Press, 30 May 2002)

Sara Lee agrees to pay dlrs 3.5 million in settlement with black workers [USA] - Sara Lee Foods Corp. has agreed to pay dlrs 3.5 million to 139 black employees who complained of racial harassment and retaliation at a hot-dog plant that closed last year. (Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press, 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)

Employees of Charleston, W.Va., Hooters File Harassment Lawsuit [USA] - The owners and managers of the Hooters restaurant in Charleston routinely grope, proposition and abuse the women who work there, a Kanawha Circuit lawsuit filed Monday alleges...The suit also alleges that Cornett was a racist who fired women for giving birth to biracial babies (Lawrence Messina, Charleston Gazette [West Virginia, USA], 21 May 2002)

BSR Unveils Labor Law Database: Web-based Tool to Improve Labor Compliance and Safeguard Human Rights in the Supply Chain - Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) today unveiled Labor Law, a unique Internet database of labor law reports and supply chain compliance resources. Compiled from hundreds of primary sources, Labor Law will provide users with independently verified, in-depth reports on more than 60 countries' labor requirements relevant to corporate codes of conduct - from child labor and discrimination to working hours and wages. (Business for Social Responsibility, 21 May 2002)

Bosses told: Stop ads seeking only Chinese for jobs [Malaysia] - Unemployed Malays complain about such ads, which Deputy PM Abdullah says discriminate against non-Chinese - Malaysian employers have been told to stop placing advertisements that offer jobs only to the Chinese and to candidates with a knowledge of Mandarin and other Chinese dialects. (Straits Times [Singapore], 20 May 2002)

Poor areas got old Coke, workers say [USA] -...dozens of Coke drivers, plant workers and salespeople are accusing their bosses of inching up profits for almost a decade by pawning off expired soda cans and bottles on minority communities across North Texas...A spokesman for Coca-Cola Bottling of North Texas, which oversees the plants and workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, called the accusations "irresponsible and offensive." (Greg Winter, New York Times, 19 May 2002)

US may press countries over labour rights - The US is considering the first revision in almost 20 years to the list of workers' rights that African and other developing countries must respect in order to sell their goods duty-free into the US market. The US Senate is likely to approve next week a revision to the 25-year-old Generalised System of Preferences that will for the first time require beneficiary countries to prohibit discrimination with respect to employment and occupation. (Edward Alden, Financial Times, 16 May 2002)

LABOR: ILO, Philippines Sign "Decent Work" Deal - The Philippines, one of four countries selected for the initial three-year phase of the International Labor Organization's Action Program for Decent Work, signed an agreement yesterday in Manila with the ILO and employers' and workers' groups to launch the program in the country. The Philippines is bound under the joint declaration to support freedom of association and collective bargaining and to seek the elimination of forced labor, child labor and discrimination in the workplace. (UN Wire, 14 May 2002)

Internationally-recognised Core Labour Standards in Slovenia: Report for the WTO General Council review of trade policies of Slovenia (Geneva, 13 and 15 May 2002) -...women receive lower wages than men and are under-represented in senior positions, and discrimination in employment against Roma continues to be a problem...Child labour does not generally occur, although there are credible reports of children under 16 working, largely on family farms, during the harvest. (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 13 May 2002)

Ford are still racist [UK]: Asian victim tells of years of hell in car giant that vowed to end the hate - Car giant Ford's policy of "zero tolerance" to racism has been shattered after managers were found guilty of bullying and abusing an Asian worker. (Anton Antonowicz & Ruki Sayid, Mirror [UK], 11 May 2002)

16 Muslims Sue Whirlpool Plant [USA] - Sixteen Muslims have filed a religious discrimination lawsuit claiming managers at a Whirlpool plant yanked scarves off women's heads and followed workers into restrooms to make sure they weren't praying. (AP, 4 May 2002) 

Kirby Bouquet for Equal Pay [Australia]: High Court judge Michael Kirby cites NSW treatment of equal pay as a ground-breaking application of human rights principles into industrial law - Speaking to a packed audience, Justice Kirby argued that international human rights principles, through ILO conventions, were increasingly underpinning Australian workplace law. (Workers Online, Labor Council of New South Wales [Australia], 26 Apr. 2002)

Muslim Workers Allege Discrimination at Plaza [New York]: Eight Muslim employees of The Plaza hotel yesterday filed a federal complaint - charging they've experienced humiliating insults by the hotel's management since the Sept. 11 attack. (Pete Bowles, Newsday [New York], 23 Apr. 2002)

Black Coca-Cola Workers Still Angry: Despite 2000 Legal Settlement, Protesters Say Little Has Changed - Protesters lined Seventh Avenue outside Madison Square Garden today to press criticisms of Coca-Cola Co., which was holding its annual shareholders meeting inside. With labor and environmental activists were dozens of African American Coca-Cola employees who said conditions have not improved at the Atlanta-based company since it agreed in November 2000 to pay $192.5 million to settle a class-action race-discrimination lawsuit and promised to change the way it manages, promotes and treats minority employees. (Ben White, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2002)

Survey: Nearly 90 percent Indian firms have no human rights policy -..."Only 12 per cent of the companies surveyed responded that they have a policy on human rights, with another 35 percent saying they had a policy on anti-discrimination against women/ men, caste and religion." (CSR World, based on article in The Business Standard [India], 15 Apr. 2002)

Black and Asian workers 'underpaid' [UK]: Black and Asian workers are paid far less than their white counterparts, and the government must act to address the problem, the TUC has claimed...the TUC says direct discrimination plays a part in the pay discrepancies in some workplaces. (BBC News, 12 Apr. 2002)

Chicagoans to Charge Discrimination Against MCI, WorldCom [USA]: Past and present employees of MCI and WorldCom in Chicago have banded together with some 150 others across the nation to levy a class action lawsuit for having allegedly faced sex, race, disability, age and religious discrimination on a daily basis. (Adam Fendelman, ePrairie.com, 2 Apr. 2002)

Women say 'workplace is racist' [UK]: A majority of women believe the workplace is racist and that career choices are limited by ethnic background, according to a survey. Black and Asian women feel they face discrimination at work not only because of their gender, but their colour as well, said the Commission for Racial Equality (BBC News, 2 Apr. 2002)

UN Global Compact Case Studies of Multistakeholder Partnership: Policy Dialogue on Business in Zones of Conflict (edited by Virginia Haufler, University of Maryland, Apr. 2002)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] settles racial harassment suit for $1.8 million against Apollo Colors of Illinois [manufacturer of pigments used in printing ink]: African-American Workers Subjected to Hangman's Nooses, Racist Slurs and Graffiti (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 27 Mar. 2002)

Deaths of Hispanic workers soar 53% [USA]: The Labor Department is intensifying efforts to stem an alarming rise in workplace deaths among Hispanics...At least 815 Hispanics died on the job in 2000, mostly in construction trades and often because of language gaps between supervisors and immigrant workers (Jim Hopkins, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2002)

High court ruling nicks the protective coating of arbitration policies [USA]:...Arbitration clauses have become common in most business agreements, including employment contracts...In a recent case, EEOC v. Waffle House Inc., the US Supreme Court has declared that the EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] may go to court to seek all available remedies for alleged job discrimination regardless of the employer-employee agreement to resolve their disputes through binding arbitration. (Andrew Grainger & Thomas Royall Smith, Boston Globe, 24 Mar. 2002)

Court approves $1.2 million settlement  between EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] and McKesson [McKesson Water Products Company, and Groupe Danone which acquired McKesson in 2000] for race discrimination [USA]:...They claimed that McKesson assigned African-American drivers to routes in low-income neighborhoods, which were often less profitable than routes in affluent communities. Because pay and promotion were tied to the profitability of the routes, the African-American drivers received lower compensation and fewer promotions than those assigned to the affluent areas. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 6 Mar. 2002)

The latest Novo Nordisk Triple Bottom Line report: 'Reporting on the Triple Bottom Line 2001: Dealing with dilemmas' [social/environmental report by Novo Nordisk; includes sections on: globalisation and its implications for business, access to healthcare in developing countries, intellectual property rights, diversity and equal opportunities in the workplace] (Novo Nordisk, Mar. 2002)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] settles race and sex bias suit for $1 million against Optical Cable Corp. - EEOC's suit alleged that Optical Cable violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to hire African-American applicants for a 10-year period, by assigning women to lower paying positions than their similarly situated male counterparts, and by wrongfully discharging a former African-American employee based on his race. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 21 Feb. 2002)

USA: Activists Challenge Corporations They Say Are Tied to Slavery -...A powerhouse team of African-American legal and academic stars is getting ready to sue companies it says profited from slavery before 1865...So far, the reparations legal team has publicly identified five companies it says have slave ties: insurers Aetna, New York Life and AIG and financial giants J.P. Morgan Chase Manhattan Bank and Fleet Boston Financial Group (James Cox, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2002)

Target Claims Lawsuit Without Merit [USA]: Target Corp. said on Monday that allegations the retailer discriminated against black applicants seeking management jobs in Wisconsin were ``totally without merit.'' (AP, 11 Feb. 2002)

TUC launches anti-racism campaign [UK]: The TUC union has launched a campaign to tackle racism in the workplace, after its research showed unemployment among black and Asian workers was three times higher than that for whites in some parts of Britain..."We are aiming to help black and Asian workers take action against exclusion from job opportunities, being passed over for promotion, and bullying." (Reuters, 8 Feb. 2002)

More nooses found at Georgia Power plant [USA] - Georgia Power Co. said Wednesday that workers at one of its power plants have found five hangman's nooses, five months after a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company was denied class-action status. The lawsuit alleged Georgia Power maintained discriminatory employment, personnel and human resources policies and failed to remove pictures of nooses in the company's operating headquarters of Cornelia. (AP, 24 Jan. 2002)

Union says security firm harassing Somali guards, tenants [Minneapolis, USA] (Todd Nelson, Pioneer Press [St. Paul, Minnesota], 22 Jan. 2002)

Don't treat Malay Muslim workers differently after ISA arrests: NTUC chief [Singapore]: "...No worker must be treated any less fairly just because he is a Malay, Muslim or any other race or religion" (Channel NewsAsia, 20 Jan. 2002)

2001:

Debate Emerges Over Economic Boycotts [regarding use of economic boycotts by advocacy groups, such as NAACP boycott of Adam's Mark hotels in USA over alleged racial discrimination] (Deborah Kong, AP, in Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2001)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] Confers with Minority Groups on Combating September 11 Backlash Discrimination:...As of December 6 the EEOC had received 166 formal complaints of workplace discrimination specifically related to the September 11 attacks. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 12 Dec. 2001)

Equality committees proposed in new guidelines [Ireland]: The establishment of equality committees and appointment of equality officers are among the proposals in new guidelines for equality in employment...Two weeks ago two companies were ordered by the Director of Equality Investigations to pay £5,000 and £8,000 respectively for discriminating in employment against a member of the Travelling community and a man suffering from a disability. (Carol Coulter, Irish Times, 3 Dec. 2001)

Indo-EU Summit Urged to Tackle Caste: Human rights and anti-discrimination campaigners are urging India and the European Union to tackle issues of caste prejudice at a summit which opens in New Delhi Friday...many [Dalits] are still denied access to land, forced to work in degrading conditions, and abused at the hands of the police. (Kalyani, Oneworld South Asia, 23 Nov. 2001)

Internationally-Recognised Core Labour Standards In The Slovak Republic: Report for the WTO General Council Review of the trade policies of the Slovak Republic...Women, the disabled, and Roma face discrimination in employment. (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 20 Nov. 2001)

Joint Statement Against Employment Discrimination in the Aftermath of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks [USA]: ...we continue to receive reports of incidents of harassment, discrimination, and violence in the workplace against individuals who are, or are perceived to be, Arab, Muslim, Middle Eastern, South Asian, or Sikh. When people are singled out for unfair treatment or are harassed based on their national origin, immigration status, ethnicity, or religious affiliation, practices, or manner of dress, we must act quickly to address and redress these acts of discrimination. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Labor, 19 Nov. 2001)

Class Status Denied in Microsoft Race Suit [USA]: A federal judge in Seattle on Friday denied class certification for employees suing Microsoft Corp. over alleged racial and gender discrimination, ruling the software giant's managerial system was sound. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft had rejected charges that it gave current and former black and female employees subpar pay, promotions and evaluations. (Reuters, 16 Nov. 2001) 

J&J Accused of Pay Discrimination: Two Johnson & Johnson employees have sued the health care giant, accusing it of paying its black and Hispanic workers less than white colleagues and failing to promote them despite a 4-year-old internal study that said it discriminated against minority employees. Washington lawyer Cyrus Mehri, who oversaw similar racial discrimination cases against Texaco and Coca-Cola Co., and civil rights attorney Johnnie Cochran filed the federal lawsuit Thursday, seeking to represent the company's thousands of Hispanic and black workers. The company said in a statement Friday that it takes the charges in the lawsuit seriously and will ``investigate them fully.''  But it also said it has long promoted workplace diversity. (Amy Westfeldt, Associated Press, 16 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) 

Court upholds $1 million award in racial harassment case [USA]: A federal appeals court unanimously upheld a verdict awarding a black employee $1 million in punitive damages after he experienced repeated racial harassment on the job at a cardboard company near Seattle. (Associated Press, in San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2001)

Czech Republic: Still room for improvement on basic labour rights - Restrictions on the right to strike and collective bargaining in the public sector and blatant discrimination based on gender and ethnic origin, especially against the Roma population. (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 22 Oct. 2001)

Corporate America takes another look at diversity: A day after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, General Motors Corp.'s vice president of corporate relations and diversity posted a message on an internal company Web site. "We sometimes forget that the GM family consists of 388,000 very diverse employees representing many different countries, religions, ethnicities, as well as points of view," Rod Gillum wrote. "Let us pull together as one GM to value both our differences and our similarities." Similar messages of unity and tolerance have flooded e-mail inboxes of the nation's workers, highlighting corporate America's increased sensitivity to diversity since the terrorist attacks and subsequent retaliation...They fear that the incidents of backlash and racial profiling against Arab-Americans and others since the Sept. 11 tragedy could be repeated in the workplace, leading to potential liability and disruption of business. (Ameet Sachdev, Orlando Sentinel [Florida], 21 Oct. 2001)

On Corporate Influence: An unbalanced justice [USA] - What began as a noble concept -- using arbitration instead of the courts to settle many disputes -- has developed into a grossly unfair commercial justice system. In a three-part series that concluded Tuesday, Chronicle staff writer Reynolds Holding provided compelling evidence of serious problems in a system of mandatory arbitration that has become dominated by corporate interests. The series showed case after case in which workers and consumers with legitimate grievances had no chance of getting a fair remedy in arbitration. (editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Oct. 2001)

Rise in Child Labour Worries Zimba: Child labour is on the rise in Zambia, labour minister Newstead Zimba has disclosed...Zimba said government will from now on cancel work permits for foreign investors found indulging in child labour and racial discrimination. (Bivan Saluseki, The Post [Zambia], 4 Oct. 2001)

EEOC sues Ford over racism discipline: The [U.S.] Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against Ford Motor Co. Monday, accusing the company of failing to discipline a white male employee who allegedly told a fellow African American employee that "it was a good day for lynching."...Ford spokeswoman Anne Gattari said the company agreed in principle to settle the lawsuit on Friday and signed a consent decree. Previously, the company made an undisclosed financial settlement to Mazon, she said. Gattari said the company was surprised the EEOC filed the lawsuit. "We have agreed to give everybody in the plant more diversity training," Gattari said. (David Shepardson, Detroit News, 2 Oct. 2001)

EEOC and Eagle Global Logistics settle employment discrimination lawsuit with $9 million consent decree: Voluntary Agreement Resolves Allegations of Discrimination - The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Eagle Global Logistics f/k/a Eagle U.S.A. Airfreight, Inc., announced today that they have reached a $9,000,000 voluntary settlement...The settlement through a Consent Decree avoids protracted litigation by the EEOC on behalf of a class of African-Americans, Hispanics, and female employees and applicants who were allegedly subjected to race, gender, age, national origin discrimination, and harassment on the basis of sex and retaliation. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1 Oct. 2001)

Migrating from Exploitation to Dignity: Immigrant Women Workers and the Struggle for Justice - An Interview with Miriam Ching Yoon Louie - Miriam Ching Yoon Louie is the author of Sweatshop Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers Take on the Global Factory. (Multinational Monitor, Oct. 2001)

GM bias lawsuit settled for $1.25 million - Automaker to adopt policies to fight discrimination: General Motors Corp. will pay $1.25 million to 16 workers at a Linden, N.J. [New Jersey], assembly plant to settle lawsuits charging the company with sexual and racial discrimination. The automaker also agreed Wednesday to new policies over the next two years that will make it easier for plant workers to report incidents of discrimination, while speeding the investigation of future discrimination claims. The Linden settlement represents the fourth major payout in three years by an automaker involving harassment lawsuits. In 1998, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. paid out $34 million to settle a harassment lawsuit brought on behalf of about 500 women at a Normal, Ill., assembly plant, and Ford reportedly agreed to a seven-figure settlement of a harassment lawsuit at a Chicago stamping plant. In 1999, a female worker at Chrysler's Jefferson North assembly plant won a $21-million lawsuit against the automaker for sexual harassment. Chrysler is appealing the decision. (Joe Miller, Detroit News, 27 Sep. 2001)

GUATEMALA: Indigenous People Face Discrimination, U.N. Report Says - Indigenous people in Guatemala still face racial, ethnic and cultural discrimination although the country signed a human rights agreement more than seven years ago, the U.N. Verification Mission in the country (MINUGUA) said yesterday in a new report...The United Nations urged implementation of affirmative action programs in the country and called on the government to consider legislation that would for the first time make racial discrimination a criminal offense. (UN Wire, 21 Sep. 2001)

EEOC Chair urges workplace tolerance in wake of terrorist attacks: In the wake of this week's tragic events, Cari M. Dominguez, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), called on all employers and employees across the country to promote tolerance and guard against unlawful workplace discrimination based on national origin or religion..."In the midst of this tragedy, employers should take time to be alert to instances of harassment or intimidation against Arab-American and Muslim employees." (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 14 Sep. 2001)

Programs Tackle Economic Effects of Apartheid: Best Practice / Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu - DTT has set up two ongoing initiatives, the MultiCultural Development Program (MCDP), directed at internal transformation, and the Business Equity Initiative (BEI), an external economic-empowerment strategy for blacks. (sponsored section, International Herald Tribune and World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 13 Sep. 2001)

Indian 'Untouchables' Protest: Representatives of the Indian Dalit 'untouchable' caste attending the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) began a hunger strike yesterday, in a bid to ensure that their concerns are addressed in the final conference declaration. (The Sowetan [Johannesburg], 7 Sep. 2001)

Companies Tell of Successful Transformation: Speakers from Sanlam and Eskom report progress towards promoting diversity and combating discrimination [panel discussion - U.N. World Conference Against Racism]: The speakers were handpicked to describe how their companies and organisations have succeeded in the struggle for gender and race equality in the workplace. Their performances were polished if lengthy case studies of how businesses can change to reflect the demographics in SA [South Africa] and Sweden, as well as nondiscrimination amid British trade unions...Despite these good intentions, Friday's presentations were met with waves of disbelief from the floor. (Business Day [Johannesburg], 5 Sep. 2001)

Black Media Staff Still At Disadvantage: Racism in the South African media refuses to go away and its impact on workers needs special attention, says the Media Workers' Association of South Africa (Mwasa). (Ndivhuwo Khangale, The Sowetan [Johannesburg], 5 Sep. 2001)

Indigenous peoples' rights a focus at anti-racism conference: Some of the root causes of conflict they identified stem from a lack of recognition of indigenous peoples' right to land, identity and culture, as well as indigenous social systems and development perspectives. "Development aggression", such as the construction of dams or mining that threaten indigenous communities, is another cause...Speakers welcomed the new UNDP policy on indigenous peoples, underpinned by a human rights framework, and voiced hope that it will pave the way for a new relationship. (U.N. Development Programme, 5 Sep. 2001)

Despised and Killed for Being in the Wrong Caste: It is time to place caste discrimination squarely on the global agenda. (Martin Macwan [Convenor of the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights] and Margaret Huang [Program D-director for Asia and the Middle East of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights], Washington Post, in International Herald Tribune, 4 Sep. 2001)

Africans Seek Commitment to Development at Troubled UN Meeting: African delegates to the conference on racism are demanding that reparations for slavery take the form of a "broad commitment" in support of new development initiatives on the continent (World Bank Development News, 4 Sep. 2001)

Statement by ILO Director-General at World Conference against Racism: "...Racism is a workplace issue. Where racism and discrimination exist, workers are faced with them constantly, day by day, as they try to earn a living. And if you are unemployed, they are formidable obstacles to getting a job..." (statement by Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organization, 2 Sep. 2001)

World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance - Address by UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown - Durban, South Africa (speech by Mark Malloch Brown, U.N. Development Programme Administrator, 1 Sep. 2001)

Workplace one of frontlines in fight against discrimination, Secretary-General tells Global Compact event - Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Global Compact Event held in conjunction with the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa (United Nations, 1 Sep. 2001)

Conference against racism: World Confederation of Labour Suggests Concrete Measures - "The world of labour remains a space of discrimination based on ethnic belonging or skin colour", stressed Mr Toolsyraj Benydin, representative of the World Confederation of Labour in Durban, at the 3rd International Conference Against Racism. The WCL therefore proposes, by way of concrete measure, setting up in each country a control body supervising the state of discrimination (in the private and public sectors) and serving as a centre where workers can file complaints in all safety. (World Confederation of Labour, Sep. 2001)

Panel Discussion in Durban about Discrimination is Everybody's business - Discrimination is Everybody's Business: From Discrimination to Diversity - A Corporate Led Initiative in the Framework of the UN Global Compact - The World Conference Against Racism...is the launching ground for this initiative...The six companies behind this initiative are the South African Financial Services Group Sanlam, the Swedish Car Manufacturer Volvo Car Corporation, the Brazilian Media Corporation Organizações Globo, the Indian IT Company Satyam, the South African Energy Utility Eskom, and the American Car Manufacturer Ford Motor Company. (United Nations, prepared in advance of the World Conference Against Racism, 31 Aug. - 7 Sep. 2001)

Integrating Gender into the Third World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance [includes section entitled "Women and the Economy"] (South Africa 31 August-7 September 2001) (United Nations Development Fund for Women [UNIFEM], prepared in advance of the World Conference Against Racism, 31 Aug. - 7 Sep. 2001)

Women's Human Rights: Engendering the Agenda of the World Conference Against Racism (Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development [APWFLD], prepared in advance of the World Conference Against Racism, 31 Aug. - 7 Sep. 2001)

Business and Human Rights at the U.N. World Conference against Racism: Discrimination is Everybody's Business: Global Compact High-Level Dialogue - Durban, 31 Aug. 2001 [and related links] (United Nations)

Environmental Justice from the Niger Delta to the World Conference Against Racism: Erovie, a community in the Niger Delta, is thousands of miles from Durban, South Africa where delegates from around the globe are gathering this week for the World Conference Against Racism. But the tragedy that befell the citizens of Erovie, who were poisoned by toxic waste from Shell Oil's operations, is a graphic example of what the Conference's NGO Forum refers to as environmental racism: the disproportionate impacts of pollution borne by communities of color around the world. (Sam Olukoya, special to CorpWatch, 30 Aug. 2001)

Sustainability matters: Connecting long-range social issues with saving the planet - principles, tolerance and respect for our fellow humans and respect for our natural resources, are in fact interdependent [including connection between sustainable development issues and racial discrimination issues] (Theodore W. Kheel, Earth Times News Service, 29 Aug. 2001)

Global Caste Discrimination: Caste-based discrimination blights the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world, and the World Conference Against Racism should have the issue squarely on its agenda, Human Rights Watch urged in a new report released today. The 60-page report, Caste Discrimination: A Global Concern, focuses on the Dalits or so-called untouchables of South Asia-including Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan-as well the Buraku people of Japan, the Osu of Nigeria, and certain groups in Senegal and Mauritania who also suffer from caste-based discrimination. (press release, Human Rights Watch, 29 Aug. 2001)

UN Secretary-General and High Commissioner for Human Rights to host Global Compact dialogue: Theme is 'Discrimination is Everybody's Business' - Business and trade union leaders will meet in Durban on 31 August to discuss the impact of racism and discrimination in the workplace and wider community. The dialogue will highlight private-sector initiatives to promote equality and inclusion in and out of the workplace, and look at obstacles faced in fighting discrimination. Participants will also explore opportunities for new cross-sectoral partnerships post-Durban as part of their commitment to the Secretary-General's Global Compact. (United Nations Information Service, 29 Aug. 2001)

'Blacks Suffer Worst Under Globalisation'- Mbeki: The negative effects of globalisation were felt most sharply by black people, President Thabo Mbeki told a forum of non-governmental organisations gathered in Durban yesterday before the World Conference against Racism (WCAR) due to start on Friday..."Even as it marches triumphantly throughout the globe like an invincible army, the process of globalisation contains within it the makings of an insoluble crisis that will affect even its greatest beneficiaries, unless its inherent tendency to marginalise many is halted and reversed." (Ido Lekota, The Sowetan [Johannesburg], 29 Aug. 2001)

Trade unions say NO to racism and xenophobia (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions [ICFTU], 28 Aug. 2001):

Economic Development and Gender-Based Discrimination: A Survey of Current Issues and Future Perspectives (paper submitted to U.N. World Conference Against Racism by The National Council of Negro Women [NCNW], 24 Apr. 2001)

Race, Gender Equity a Formidable Undertaking [South Africa]: Employment equity commission reports most top jobs are held by men. The legacy of apartheid and gender inequality is proving difficult to overcome as the labour department's employment equity report released yesterday shows. (Business Day [Johannesburg], 24 Aug. 2001)

Environmental Racism Shifts the Costs of Industry to the Poor: Environmental racism affects individuals, groups or communities differentially, based on race or colour. It combines with public policies and industry practices to provide benefits for corporations, while shifting the costs to people of colour. It influences local land use, the enforcement of environmental regulations, the siting of industry and the areas where people of colour live, work and play...Environmental racism manifests itself in the sub-standard treatment of workers. Thousands of farm workers and their families are exposed to dangerous pesticides on the job and in labour camps. These workers endure sub-standard wages and working conditions. But environmental racism also extends to the exploitative work environment of garment district sweatshops, the microelectronic industry and extraction industries. A disproportionately large share of the workers who suffer under sub-standard occupational and safety conditions are immigrants, women and people of colour. [article extracted from paper prepared for the World Conference on Racism and Public Policy in Durban from September 3-5, sponsored by United Nations Research Institute for Social Development] (Robert D Bullard [Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Centre at Clark Atlanta University in the USA], Mail & Guardian [Johannesburg], 24 Aug. 2001)

NAACP Applauds Bush's Affirmative Action Defense: Last night, the Bush administration defended the constitutionality of a federal program at the Department of Transportation designed to award highway contracts to minority-owned businesses. In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, the Bush administration argued that there is "extensive evidence of public and private discrimination" in the award of these contracts. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP], 11 Aug. 2001)

NAACP Pickets Adam's Mark Hotels As Part Of National Boycott [USA]: Action Spurred by Complaints of Discriminatory Practices Toward African Americans (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP], 11 Aug. 2001)

EEOC settles suit against Arizona company for $3.5 million on behalf of low-wage workers: Employees Subjected to Rampant Sexual Harassment, National Origin Bias and Retaliation - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $3.5 million settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against Quality Art LLC, a defunct picture frame manufacturer based in Gilbert, Ariz. The suit alleged that 35 female and Hispanic low-wage workers, mostly Mexican and Guatemalan, were subjected to widespread sexual harassment, national origin discrimination, and retaliation - including firing and forced resignations and reporting several employees to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for arrest and deportation after they complained about the discrimination. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 8 Aug. 2001)

Racism in the Workplace: In an increasingly multicultural U.S., harassment of minorities is on the rise (Aaron Bernstein, Business Week, 30 July 2001)

Hotel Chain Sues NAACP Over Boycott: The Adam's Mark hotel chain sued the NAACP Friday, claiming the civil rights organization's call for a boycott was illegal. (Guardian [UK], 28 July 2001) 

Cameroon: New international report points to labour violations - Restrictions on the right to organise, regular interference by the government in trade union activities, blatant discrimination based on gender and ethnicity, and widespread use of forced labour in prison. (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions [ICFTU], 25 July 2001) 

Reparations Urged for Slavery, Segregation: In advance of a major international conference on racism, Human Rights Watch today called for reparations to counter the most severe continuing effects of slavery, segregation, and other extreme forms of racism. Human Rights Watch said national and international panels should be created with maximum transparency and public participation to identify and acknowledge past abuses and to guide action to counter their present-day effect. (Human Rights Watch, 19 July 2001)

EEOC settles suit against Salomon Smith Barney for race and national origin bias: African-American, Haitian, Nigerian, and West Indian Workers To Receive $635,000 - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $635,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against Salomon Smith Barney (Salomon), a subsidiary of Citigroup and the nation's second largest retail brokerage firm. The suit, filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was brought by EEOC on behalf of 13 current or former employees of Salomon's Greenwich Street Data Center who were subjected to disparate treatment and harassment based on their race and/or national origin. (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 16 July 2001)

$1.8 million consent decree ends EEOC federal employment discrimination suit in Rockford [Illinois, USA] against Ingersoll: Hundreds May Receive Compensation For Alleged Race And Sex Bias By Leading Area Employer - Federal District Court Judge Philip G. Reinhard today approved a $1.8 million Consent Decree resolving a major race and sex employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on behalf of blacks and women alleged to have been discriminated against by Ingersoll Milling Machine Company and its related companies. (The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 13 July 2001)

Campaign Knocks Neo-Racism: White trade union the Mineworkers' Union Solidarity launched a campaign yesterday in Pretoria to fight what it referred to as the "neo-racist tendencies" of policies such as affirmative action. [South Africa] (Sanchia Temkin, Business Day [Johannesburg], 13 July 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) 

EEOC settles racial harassment suit with St. Louis nursing home for $1.2 million: At a press conference today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a settlement of almost $1.2 million for nine individuals in a racial harassment lawsuit against Beverly Enterprises, Inc., which operates several nursing homes in the St. Louis area. The settlement, which still requires approval of the federal district court here, also requires substantial injunctive relief, including training, monitoring, and disciplinary action against a Beverly human resources employee.  (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2 July 2001) 

Implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in the People's Republic of China - In its report, HRIC [Human Rights in China] looked primarily at the PRC’s approach to racial discrimination to examine whether it met the standards set by the Convention. In doing so, we found that the anti-discriminatory laws and policies adopted by the PRC had left major groups virtually unprotected: rural residents, rural-to-urban migrants, and national minorities. (Human Rights in China, July 2001)

EEOC [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] sues two Indiana employers for race harassment (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 22 May 2001)

Using the international human rights system to combat racial discrimination: A Handbook (Amnesty International, 1 May 2001)

Workplace racism 'getting worse' [UK] (BBC, 27 Apr. 2001)

Freedom from Racial Discrimination (Amnesty International, 9 Mar. 2001)

Final Declaration Of the Global Conference Against Racism and Caste-based Discrimination: Occupation and Descent-based Discrimination Against Dalits - New Delhi, India (1-4 March, 2001)

Rights Activists and Rights Violations: the Burakumin case in Japan [regarding the Buraku people, one of the minority groups in Japan; includes reference to employment discrimination against Buraku people] (Yuka Ishikawa, Buraku Liberation League, presented to the Global Conference Against Racism and Caste Based Discrimination, New Delhi, India, 1-4 March 2001)

Amnesty International's Recommendations to Governments for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance: 31 August - 7 September 2001 Durban, South Africa (Amnesty International, 27 Feb. 2001)

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

Suits put spotlight on workplace diversity [USA] (USA Today, 9 Jan. 2001)

Florida doctors charge racial discrimination by Humana after being dropped from panel (Cheryl Jackson, amednews.com, 1-8 Jan. 2001)

It’s not just, pollution - Robert D. Bullard describes the struggle for environmental justice in the United States and worldwide over the last two decades...The environmental justice movement emerged in response to environmental and social inequities, threats to public health, unequal protection, differential enforcement and disparate treatment received by the poor and people of colour. It redefined environmental protection as a basic right. (Robert D. Bullard, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, in Our Planet, published by U.N. Environment Programme, 2001)

2000:

Noose harassment: a growth trend worth reversing [USA] [refers to lawsuits against Home Depot and Georgia Power Company for racial harassment of employees, including display of hangman's noose] (Robert Trigaux, St. Petersburg Times [USA], 19 Nov. 2000)

Work, Empowerment and Equality - International Institute for Labour Studies Public Lecture by Bob Hepple, Professor of Law at Cambridge University, Geneva, Nov. 2000 (International Institute for Labour Studies, Nov. 2000)

Business and Race: "Only Halfway There" [USA] (Arthur Fletcher, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2000)

Changer de prenom pour trouver un emploi: Discrimination raciale à la française (Nasser Negrouche, Le Monde diplomatique, mars 2000) {···français}

Workers Claim Plant Ignored Racial Discrimination [Mitsubishi's auto assembly plant in Illinois] (Jay Hughes, AP, AsianWeek, 27 Jan. 2000)

Discrimination Against Dalits in India (World Council of Churches, statement submitted to the United Nations, 21 January 2000)

Palestinian Arab Women: Discrimination in the Workplace (Arab Association for Human Rights, 5 Jan. 2000)

1999:

Cracker Barrrel Restaurants sued for rampant racial discrimination in employment [USA] (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP], 5 Oct. 1999)

Racial Insults at the Workplace: Free Speech or Illegal Harassment? [discussing lawsuit against Avis-Rent-a-Car for racial harassment of Latino employees by their manager]? (Margaret Crosby, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, ACLU News, Sep./Oct. 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)

1998:

Pennzoil settles racial discrimination suit [USA] (Houston Business Journal, 11 Nov. 1998)

Adalah's Statement to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) (Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Nov. 1998): see "Main Points", section III, "Employment Rights", and "Extended Statement", section III, "Employment Rights"

Affirmative Action Under Attack [USA] (Dan Froomkin, WashingtonPost.com, Oct. 1998)

Don't get sued for racial discrimination (Phillip Perry, 1998)

1997:

Racial Discrimination at the Workplace in Finland (Erkki Laukkanen, Nov. 1997)

1996:

Discrimination against racial/ethnic minorities in access to employment in the United States: Empirical findings from situation testing (M. Bendick, Jr., International Labour Organization, Feb. 1996)

Prevention of racial discrimination in the workplace (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1996)