Nappi Distributors at 615 Main St., Gorham. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer She was the first female sales representative hired by a Gorham distributor of alcoholic beverages. But when Nappi Distributors offered Michele Tourangeau the job in 2015, she was told she would be earning a 2% commission rate – less thanContinue Reading
Students mingle during an event at Kogan Plaza, in the center of George Washington University’s campus. Photo by Eric Lee for the Forward By Arno Rosenfeld January 13, 2023 An Israel advocacy group is alleging that an anti-Zionist George Washington University professor created a hostile environment for Jewish students whoContinue Reading
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Through a demand letter sent from her lawyer to Mayor Dave Bronson and Acting Municipal Attorney Blair Christiansen, former Anchorage Municipal Manager Amy Demboski states that her firing by Bronson was “retaliatory and unlawful.” The letter makes further allegations that Bronson’s behavior following the termination ofContinue Reading
KALAMAZOO, MI — Former Kalamazoo Public Schools Superintendent Rita Raichoudhuri said she was subjected to a “hostile” work environment in email communications between her and school board members prior to her abrupt resignation in December. School board members spoke of trying to address a lack of timely responses from RaichoudhuriContinue Reading
Reynoldsburg Mayor Joe Begeny says findings from a recent department-wide survey will help navigate RPD in positive direction. REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — It started on Facebook. A post made by Ricardo Thompson. “I can recognize when the bully is being the bully,” Thompson said. “They’ve been the bully for a longContinue Reading
SUELLA BRAVERMAN is facing calls to resign over the deaths of four people in the Channel today as campaigners blamed the loss of life on her “hostile environment” policies. Some 43 people are said to have been rescued, with 30 pulled out of the water, after a small dinghy got intoContinue Reading
Volusia County seeks to fire its Corrections Director Mark Flowers after the government agency reported a seven-month internal affairs investigation revealed he had created a “hostile work environment” and that he violated inmates’ rights, according to a press release. Flowers — who was hired on May 17, 2014 and was promoted to correctionsContinue Reading
The repeated racial harassment of a Black, straight-A student at an Ottumwa middle school was not adequately addressed by the school district and might have led to the student’s diminished academic performance, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The department on Monday outlined the findings of its investigation intoContinue Reading
AUSTIN (KXAN) — An ongoing federal lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety and its Director Steven McCraw raises concerning claims about the culture and environment inside DPS. Three DPS officers — two African American officers assigned to different units, and a Hispanic officer — all continue to workContinue Reading
A former Seattle city employee has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging he was a victim of anti-White discrimination due to a “racially hostile work environment.” Joshua Diemert, who worked as a program intake representative in Seattle’s Department of Human Services from 2013 to 2021, filed suit Nov. 16 againstContinue Reading
