All posts tagged "workplace discrimination"
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Obama calls for continued pressure on Congress to pass ENDA
President urges passage at an LGBT gala in New York
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Obama to sign LGBT nondiscrimination executive order
President Barack Obama will take executive action to prohibit federal contractors from LGBT workplace discrimination. According to a White House official, Obama has directed his...
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Obama criticized for omitting LGBT nondiscrimination from State of the Union
President Obama invoked the ire of LGBT-rights advocates Tuesday night as he failed to mention LGBT workplace protections during a State of the Union address...
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Obama takes executive action on wages, absent on LGBT nondiscrimination
After vowing earlier this month to take executive action on key issues if Congress won’t act, President Obama will sign an executive order raising the...
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Obama’s executive order problem
Prior to a meeting with his cabinet earlier this week, President Obama made a threat. With a portrait of George Washington looking down at him,...
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Obama applauds Senate passage of ENDA as tribute to progress
Immediately after the Senate voted 64-32 to approve landmark LGBT-rights legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination, President Barack Obama issued a statement praising the Senate...
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Senate approves ENDA with bipartisan vote
The United States Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a 64-32 vote Thursday afternoon. The vote on the landmark LGBT-rights bill comes 17 years...
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Senate set for final vote on ENDA today
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act has cleared its last hurdle before a final vote by the U.S. Senate. The Senate has voted 64-34 to proceed to...
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ENDA to be considered by Senate before Thanksgiving
Legislation that would protect LGBT people from workplace discrimination will reach the floor of the Senate before Thanksgiving, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Monday....
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ExxonMobil announces spousal benefits as LGBT workplace protections remain missing
ExxonMobil received praise when the oil giant announced Friday that it would extend equal employee benefits to same-sex married couples beginning Oct. 1. But with...
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ENDA’s Democratic holdouts part of new coalition’s push for bipartisan Senate support
As Congress prepares to leave town Friday for a month-long summer recess, advocates are undertaking a multimillion dollar lobbying campaign to secure Senate passage of...
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White House praises ENDA advance, mum on what role it may take
Follow @JustinCSnow The White House applauded today’s bipartisan vote by a Senate committee to advance the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to the full Senate, while...
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Senate committee scheduled to vote on ENDA July 10
A Senate committee is scheduled to vote next week on legislation long stalled Congress that would prohibit anti-LGBT workplace discrimination, Metro Weekly has learned. For...
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ExxonMobil shareholders again reject workplace protections for LGBT employees
For the 14th consecutive year, ExxonMobil shareholders voted overwhelmingly today to reject a resolution that would have protected LGBT people from workplace discrimination. During their...
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ExxonMobil accused of LGBT discrimination in legal complaint
As one of the last Fortune 500 companies to not adopt an LGBT antidiscrimination policy, ExxonMobil is facing renewed pressure to do so after a...
