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Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within NJ Ironworkers Union Facing Lawsuit: AG Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within NJ Ironworkers Union Facing Lawsuit: AG
Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within NJ Ironworkers Union Facing Lawsuit: AG A local ironworkers union is facing a lawsuit filed by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office alleging discrimination against Black members. Ironworkers Local 11 — a labor union with a Springfield-based training facility — that operates a hiring hall, is accused of "systematically bypassing Black union members for jobs and giving such workers less desirable assignments," Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Monday, June 24. The complaint accuses the union's business manager from 2008 to 2022, Raymond Woodall, its leadership and its members of repeatedly using racist slurs…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fort Lee Business's 'Female Preferred' Ad May Have Broken Law: State Fort Lee Business's 'Female Preferred' Ad May Have Broken Law: State
Fort Lee Business's 'Female Preferred' Ad May Have Broken Law: State The state  Division of Civil Rights has issued rulings against two businesses for posting help wanted ads seeking applicants of just one gender, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday.  NY Gyro King of Bloomfield posted a hand-written sign on the front door of the business April 20 seeking "males only". The business's owner told Daily Voice the job required heavy lifting in explaining why females were barred from applying.  The business has agreed to pay a $1,000 penalty and to train managers and staff of the requirements under the state's Law Against Discrimination a…

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by Paul Milo
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State AG: Couple Denied Palisades Park Apartment Because They Aren't Korean State AG: Couple Denied Palisades Park Apartment Because They Aren't Korean
State AG: Couple Denied Palisades Park Apartment Because They Aren't Korean A Palisades Park real estate agent refused to show an apartment to a prospective tenant who wasn’t Korean, state authorities charged. KayMax Realty, Inc. and the couple who own the basement apartment are listed in a complaint filed by the state Division of Civil Rights, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Anna Ceylan, who was seeking to move to New Jersey from New York City, saw a Zillow.com ad in mid-February 2018 and called KayMax to arrange a tour of the four-bedroom unit, Grewal said. The agent listed as the contact “said she was too busy to talk and would call her back,” h…

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by Jerry DeMarco