By Ashton Marra April 19, 2012 Four former managers of IHOP restaurants in Texas are fighting the owner of the franchise they worked for in court, claiming they were wrongfully terminated based on their “nationality and religion.” The four men, all identified in court papers as “Muslims of Arab descent,” worked as managers at theFull Article >
by TERESA WOODARD WFAA Posted on April 17, 2012 at 10:02 PM Four employees of the IHOP restaurant chain with a combined 45 years experience claim they were fired in 2010 because of their national origin and their religious beliefs. The men are Arab and Muslim, and they allege that that was the basis forFull Article >
Four ex-Dallas IHOP managers will file a suit today against the pancake chain, alleging they were fired for being Muslim. Lawyer James Vagnini told The Post that Joseph Huessin and the others also plan to sue IHOP franchisee Anthraper Investments. Anthraper and IHOP denied the charges. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated and found thereFull Article >
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against IHOP and a local franchise owner on Tuesday, claiming that the restaurant owners fired four managers across the Metroplex in 2010 because they are Muslim. The attorneys for the four managers said that their clients are still unemployed because of the damage done to their reputations. TheFull Article >
Published: April 13, 2012 3:14 PM By SID CASSESE sid.cassese@newsday.com A group of Nassau County civil rights activists on Friday welcomed the filing of murder charges against the alleged killer of Trayvon Martin in Florida, while lamenting what they called a rise in hate crimes on Long Island and nationwide. “We’re pleased Mr. [George] Zimmerman has been arrested, and we expectFull Article >
LONG ISLAND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE DAY AFTER GEORGE ZIMMERMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER Former Human Rights Director Leigh Jefferson and Freeport-Roosevelt NAACP President Doug Mayer will join civil rights leader James Vagnini in a press conference on Friday April 13, 2012 at 11:45 am at the Coral House located at 70 Milburn AvenueFull Article >
The Long Island chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association plans to consult with a well-known Garden City civil rights lawyer early next month over ways to educate restaurant staff and managers about sexual harassment in the workplace.
It’s all the result of the sexual harassment allegations that have been hurled against Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, who is accused of improper behavior toward women when he was chief executive of the National Restaurant Association a decade ago. Cain has denied all of the allegations against him.
By: News 12 Long Island (10/14/11) HEMPSTEAD Long Islanders held a special tribute in Hempstead today ahead of Sunday’s official National Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication in Washington, D.C. The major theme of the gathering at the Antioch Baptist Church of Hempstead was Dr. King’s dream and whether it’s been realized on the Island andFull Article >
Three sisters from Port Washington charged Wednesday that they had been sexually harassed continually while working as teenagers at a Port Washington restaurant. The three — Ashley, Gabrielle and Lauren D’Annunzio, who are now in their early 20s — made the assertions in announcing the filing of a civil suit in federal court in Central Islip. They areFull Article >
As most lawyers know, civil rights cases are not where the real money is in the legal profession. But one Long Island law firm has barreled into discrimination cases in the South in the past few years, citing a passion for such work. “We do the old-fashioned civil rights work,” saidJames Vagnini, one of the threeFull Article >
