The Supreme Court sided Monday with an Alabama technology company over the U.S. Postal Service in a patent dispute. On Monday, the court sided 6-3 with Return Mail. Of the Postal Service’s arguments, Justice Sonia Sotomayor deadpanned in an opinion : “None delivers.” Just as Return Mail thought it might be gaining the upper hand, […]
6/27/2018 In a narrow 5-4 decision Wednesday, the Supreme Court once again sided with corporate special interests and against America’s working families. In a case called Janus vs. AFSCME, the Court ruled that public sector unions may no longer assess so-called agency fees, the payment required of non-union members to cover the cost of collective-bargaining […]
12/9/2016 WASHINGTON (Courthouse News) — In a case where zombies, Jesus and Jeb Bush made the cut, a federal judge found that the U.S. Postal Service must face discrimination claims for turning down a custom stamp critical of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Ukraine-born artist Anatol Zukerman brought the suit last year at the […]
The following is a press release from EEOC posted last week. Postalreporter.com neglected to publish it. April 29, 2015 In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held today that courts may only conduct a “relatively bare-bones review” of the EEOC’s conciliation efforts. “Today’s decision puts the focus of the EEOC and the courts squarely […]
This is an update to earlier posts on the UPS EEO pregnancy case that cited USPS policy: UPS throws USPS, APWU under the bus in pregnancy bias case before U.S. Supreme Court – Don Cheney Pregnancy Discrimination Claims after Young v. UPS 4/14/2015 by Brandon Johnson | McBrayier, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC It was […]
UPS was forced to change its thinking on pregnant workers. The new female Postmaster General is likely to agree By Don Cheney United Parcel Service has reversed its discriminatory policy on pregnant workers effective January 1st, 2015. They will treat pregnant workers like workers with an on-the-job injury. When will the Postal Service change their […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Peggy Young only has to look at her younger daughter to be reminded how long she has fought United Parcel Service over its treatment of pregnant employees, and why. Young was pregnant with Triniti, who’s now 7 years old, when UPS told Young that she could not have a temporary assignment to […]