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Women win bias lawsuit vs. city

SJC agrees layoffs handled unfairly

By Claire Cummings
Globe Correspondent / August 11, 2007

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The Supreme Judicial Court sided yesterday with five African-American women who said they were treated harshly and differently than a white male co-worker during layoffs when they were abruptly evicted from their workplace, a ruling one lawyer called a significant victory in the fight against employment discrimination. (Full article: 870 words)

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