El Paso Judge Attacks Arbitration Falsehoods
It has been said that a tidal wave starts with a ripple in the ocean. I’m not sure if that’s true, but a Texas judge recently cast a stone in the polluted waters of arbitration, that may hopefully lead to a tidal wave of change for workers and consumers forced to give up their constitutional […]
MLK: Workers Advocate
This week we celebrate two important dates significant to all Americans. On August 28th, we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. On September 2nd, we will celebrate Labor Day. These two events, however, share more than their close proximity in dates. Many of us forget that Martin […]
The Zimmerman Verdict and Whistleblowers
Like most Americans, the George Zimmerman verdict left me with mixed emotions. As a former prosecutor, I knew the State of Florida had a difficult case to prove. The jury’s not guilty verdict, therefore, was not unexpected. Yet growing up in Northeast El Paso with many African American friends, I know that blacks, especially black […]
New Moms Still Face Bias at Work
In February 2012, a Houston federal judge made national news when he dismissed the case of Donnicia Venters. Venters was a new mother attempting to return to work after maternity leave. She advised her employer that she was still lactating, and asked if she could use a back room at work to pump her breasts. […]
Discrimination Affects All
In his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote that “whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Such is true with employment discrimination. We often think that discrimination affects only the victim, but we often forget that society as a whole is ultimately affected. Case in point, I recently participated in an […]