Waiting with Their Wings to Fight Workplace Sex Discrimination

Flight attendants were one of the first organized groups to challenge systemic-and routine-sex discrimination following the enactment of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a panel of original plaintiffs and other experts explained at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 held Thursday, October 23rd. The event, The Civil Rights Act @ 50: The Pioneering Role of Flight Attendants in Fighting Sex Discrimination was co-sponsored by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law's Institute for Law and the Workplace ; and the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Labor and Employment Law .



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