{"id":25012,"date":"2015-06-04T19:11:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T23:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=25012"},"modified":"2015-06-05T13:35:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T17:35:05","slug":"a-big-boo-hiss-to-zara-the-spanish-clothing-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=25012","title":{"rendered":"A big boo-hiss to Zara, the Spanish clothing company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zara tolerates racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic behavior by executives, a former attorney for the company said in a lawsuit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Fired lawyer sues Zara for $40M in discrimination suit – NY Daily News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I read this stuff and can’t believe this goes on in today’s world. Although of course this lawsuit will have to move through its process before we know exactly what happened — and how bad Zara executives might be — this is pretty disgusting stuff.<\/p>\n

I’m sympathetic to the plaintiff but am particularly appalled at the racism directed at President and Mrs. Obama, displayed by Zara in internal communications and some vile pictures.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 6\/5\/2015<\/strong>. Given that I’m currently working on an article called “How I Learned the Fact of Life,” i.e., how to read newspapers–about a great high school teacher who taught us how to pulls facts out of newspapers by mentally deleting prejudicial words and phrases, and then by comparing one newspaper account with another…<\/p>\n

Here is a second, confirming report about the lawsuit against Zara–this one from a legal newsletter(?) called Corporate Counsel, which I got via the New York Law Journal. If you like, you can compare this authoritative legal report to the more colorful tabloid Daily News report.<\/p>\n

Ian Miller sued fashion retailer Zara USA Inc., claiming the company took discriminatory actions because he is Jewish, homosexual and from the U.S.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Ex-GC Says Zara Discriminated Because He’s Gay and Jewish<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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