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United’s Young Flyer Discount Challenged For Age Discrimination

On Tuesday, two travelers filed a law-suit against United Airlines in a California court, asking $5 million in damages. The reason? They felt discriminated against for not being able to participate in United’s “Young Flyer” discount campaign.A class-act lawsuit was filed on Tuesday against United Airlines for age discrimination. Photo: Getty Images We have heard […]

United Airlines Pays Over $1 Million to Settle a Disability Discrimination Case, Must Change Practices

I received a press release this afternoon from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission trumpeting a settlement they secured from United Airlines. Apparently the airline should have given preference to disabled employees wanting to transfer jobs, rather than to the most qualified candidates for those open positions Apparently the airline should have given preference to disabled […]

Court Upholds Award of Back Pay for Employee Subjected to Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation.

In Blakey v. Continental Airlines, Inc. , 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2532 (D.N.J. 1998), the jury sitting in United States District Court in Newark, New Jersey, a federal court returned a verdict in favor of a former female pilot who sued her employer for sexual harassment, awarding the employee $480,000 in back pay, $15,000 in front pay […]

Passengers sue American Airlines alleging racial discrimination

A group of passengers is suing American Airlines, alleging two instances of racial discrimination before and aboard a recent American Airlines flight –– though the airline is pushing back on these claims. Plaintiffs Elgin Banks and Aubrey Kelly, both Black men, claim the airline discriminated against them on a departing flight from Los Angeles on May 31. “Discrimination of any […]

Introduction to Consciousness

Describing Consciousness Consciousness is an individual’s state of awareness of their environment, thoughts, feelings, or sensations; in order to experience consciousness, one must be both awake and aware. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Trace the history of the study of consciousness KEY TAKEAWAYS Key Points Philosophers since the time of Descartes and Locke have struggled to comprehend the […]

Moral emotions, conscience, and cognitive dissonance(Psychology In Russia)

Tikhomirov’s and his colleagues’ works revealed complicated emotional regulation of the performance of intellectual tasks (Tikhomirov, 1984). This regulation seems to be in the field of the self-correction of transgressions. Despite the improvement of technological resources in contemporary human society, the amount of intolerance, discrimination, and violence has not diminished. More conservative people see the […]