By Paola Loriggio
Eight Muslim women who filed a human rights complaint against the United Parcel Service (UPS) over a dress code dispute, settled with the company yesterday.
But it is unclear whether the company will change its policy, since neither party would discuss the terms of the agreement.
"Everyone is very happy," said Jacquie Chic, lawyer for the complainants, after announcing the agreement at a Canadian Human Rights tribunal yesterday morning.
The file will be closed once copies of the agreement are sent to the tribunal, said Karen Jensen, panel chair for the tribunal.
Karen Dick, a community organizer with the Workers Action Centre said none of the women are going back to work at UPS.
"They haven't worked there since 2005 so they're not going back. Three and a half years later, people are already doing what they need to do to survive. ... Some of them are working some of them are not." Read more ...
Eight Muslim women who filed a human rights complaint against the United Parcel Service (UPS) over a dress code dispute, settled with the company yesterday.
But it is unclear whether the company will change its policy, since neither party would discuss the terms of the agreement.
"Everyone is very happy," said Jacquie Chic, lawyer for the complainants, after announcing the agreement at a Canadian Human Rights tribunal yesterday morning.
The file will be closed once copies of the agreement are sent to the tribunal, said Karen Jensen, panel chair for the tribunal.
Karen Dick, a community organizer with the Workers Action Centre said none of the women are going back to work at UPS.
"They haven't worked there since 2005 so they're not going back. Three and a half years later, people are already doing what they need to do to survive. ... Some of them are working some of them are not." Read more ...
Source: The Star
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