America may have heard the last of disgraced former University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, SCOTUS declined to review the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss Churchill’s lawsuit stemming from his 2007 firing. Churchill gained nationwide infamy for writing an offensive essay in which he argued that… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Firing
What to Cut: Red tape stalls firing of ineffective federal workers
Working for the federal government used to mean a trade-off — lower salaries, in exchange for higher job security. Today, there’s no trade-off as federal workers often make good money with little risk of being fired. Source: FOXNews.com
This week in the War on Workers: Cablevision lawyers struggle to defend firing of 22 union activists
The tough questioning Cablevision attorneys faced at this New York City Council zoning and franchise committee hearing isn’t the only pushback the company is getting from city officials: Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is urging the NBA to hold its 2015 All-Star Game at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn — not Madison Square Garden,… Read more »
Soledad O’Brien: CNN Firing ‘Worked Out Best for Everyone’
CNN recently canceled Soledad O’Brien’s morning show, Starting Point, but the anchor is now saying she’s not at all unhappy about it. “I think it has worked out best for everyone,” O’Brien told reporters. The anchor reports that she realized she had creative differences with CNN’s new chief, Jeff Zucker, and complained that her show… Read more »