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July 17, 2008, 06:27 AM ET
Lawsuits and Union Battles
Southwestern Community College in Iowa has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of money to settle a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by an instructor who said he was fired last fall for teaching the biblical story of Adam and Eve as a myth, according to a report in The Chronicle‘s News Blog.
A union representing 8,500 service workers on University of California campuses began a five-day strike this week, defying a judge’s temporary restraining order that sought to prevent them from walking off their jobs, The Chronicle‘s News Blog reports.
California State University at Fresno has agreed to pay some $600,000 to settle a complaint by its softball coach, Margie Wright, that it retaliated against her when she pushed for equal treatment of female athletes, The Chronicle‘s News Blog reports.
Categories: Faculty-hiring, General-interest
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