Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'firing'
August 22, 2008
Four former employees of pretentious Chelsea nightclub 1OAK (the name stands for 'one of a kind') filed a lawsuit against club owners Thursday in Manhattan Federal court, the Daily News reports. Lawyers say the four minority workers – three female waitresses and one male bartender – were terminated because club owner Scott Sartiano only wanted "white girls he could f---" serving drinks, or so they were told by a manager, who allegedly elaborated, "Scott has......
Continue Reading "1OAK Owners Accused of Firing Unsexy, Non-White Servers"July 30, 2008
A Brooklyn woman's claim that she was unfairly fired from a Seventh-Day Adventist church's school for being pregnant--and unmarried--was quashed by a federal judge yesterday. Back in 2001, Jewel Redhead was fired from the Linden Seventh Adventist Church's school since she "violated one of the basic precepts" by having sex before marriage (and apparently not marrying the baby's father). While Redhead was trying to argue the school violated state and federal law for discrimination, the......
Continue Reading "Judge Rules Church Can Fire Teacher For Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy"June 18, 2008
The debacle of how the Mets handled firing Willie Randolph was Jon Stewart's first topic on last night's The Daily Show. Stewart, a loyal Mets fan, was not happy--video is above. And David Letterman also considered the Mets' lackluster season so far on his Late Show Top 10 list (video directly above). Number 10 is "Less horseplay, more grab-ass." Yesterday, the Post's Mike Vaccaro's column summed up the problem with general manager Omar Minaya......
Continue Reading "Videos of the Day: The Mets Suck"
