Fed: Former RAAF workers drop class action but vow to fight on

AAP General News (Australia);  April 11, 2007 ;     612 words ......Fed: Former RAAF workers drop class action but vow to fight...to alert former workers of the class action and urge them to...Australia's biggest class action payouts ever...Billson said the workers were entitled to...

Petition Launches for Class Action Suits.

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  October 12, 2000 ;     355 words ......movement to introduce class action lawsuits in Korea in...rights of consumers, workers and small stock investors...the Legislation on Class Action Lawsuits'' yesterday...including consumers, workers and small investors...the introduction of class action suits will ...

Sweatshop Gets Class-Action Suit

AP Online;  May 15, 2002 ;     304 words ......Foreign garment workers have gained class action status in a federal...30,000 garment workers from Asia who allege...ruling granted class action status to foreign workers who have worked...Notice of the class action will be posted...said most of the ...

Businesses face more class action lawsuits.

Kiplinger Business Forecasts;  July 19, 2000 ;     640 words ......Workplace discrimination is another hotbed of class action activity. Attorneys see increases in class action lawsuits alleging sex or race discrimination...mergers. Companies can expect to see more class action employment and civil rights lawsuits filed...are higher under the federal ...

FTCR: 13 of 16 Bush Cabinet Members Have Ties to 'Class Action' Targeted...

U.S. Newswire;  October 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Oct. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new report, "Class Action Cabinet," released today by the Foundation...corporations that have been targeted by consumer class- action lawsuits. Deliberations on the bill could...found to have ties to companies targeted by class action lawsuits as was ...

ENERGY DEPARTMENT SETTLES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT WITH CURRENT AND FORMER...

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  June 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ......settlement of a federal class action lawsuit that alleged failure...adequately monitor and protect workers from radiation exposures...Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE) Union Local 7-4200...protection for existing workers. A right of first refusal...existing hourly and ...

Class Action Litigation Issues in a Wage and Hour Discrimination...

FDCC Quarterly;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...I. WAGE AND HOUR CLASS ACTION STATISTICS In any article...discrimination within the limits of class action litigation, those facts...significant wage and hour class action cases are worth noting...California jury awarded Wal-Mart workers $172 million for missed...settled (for $89 ...

Paducah Workers Sue Firms; Class Action Cites Radiation Exposure, Seeks...

The Washington Post;  September 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Workers at the Department of Energy...awards ever claimed in a workers' class action and accuses former managers of misleading workers about the presence of plutonium...contaminants allegedly followed workers to their homes and posed...damages. The sum is based on a class of at ...

Qld: Ex-RAAF workers launch class action

AAP General News (Australia);  December 11, 2006 ;     261 words ......Qld: Ex-RAAF workers launch class action ALLAN HENRY...chemicals. The class action has been lodged...maintenance workers .. known as...representing the workers .. says he envisages...eventually join the class action. Mr MCLENNAN...

Suit vs. Abbott gains class action status

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 5, 2006 ;     467 words ...Class action status was granted to...behalf of thousands of workers. It alleges Abbott...plaintiffs. While granting class action status to the suit Friday...estimated that roughly 3,000 workers could still be a part...regarding the granting of class action status. "Abbott ...

QLD: Class action by Dubai trained stevedores in court today

AAP General News (Australia);  February 3, 1999 ;     335 words ......125 million class action from non-union waterfront workers involved in last...stevedores claimed the class action from the workers had a number...their jobs. The class action seeks damages...250 non-union workers, told the court...

Mexican Workers File Class Action Suit Against De Coster Egg Farm

U.S. Newswire;  May 18, 1998 ;     229 words ......of Mexico: Fourteen Mexican workers filed today a class action suit for racial discimination...rights of hundreds of Mexican workers have been violated by De Coster...the United States, kept the workers under harsh living conditions...violence and impeded some workers to contact ...

Class Action Involving Scottish Workers Turns Up Heat on Chipmakers.

Sunday Business (London) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 18, 2002 ;     658 words ...Byline: Tony Glover Aug. 18--A class action involving 37 Scottish workers to be heard in California next...the so-called clean rooms . Workers in clean rooms, where microchips...protective clothing worn to protect workers in nuclear power plants from...

Mindanao banana workers to bring $2B class action suit

Filipino Reporter;  December 3, 1998 ;     534 words ......12-03-1998 Mindanao banana workers to bring $2B class action suit A class sit by 200,000 Filipino banana workers believed to have been exposed...the country. Lawyers for the workers believe the damages to be...most of the Mindanao banana workers. The workers earlier settled...

Qld: Former RAAF workers launch class action

AAP General News (Australia);  December 11, 2006 ;     420 words ......Qld: Former RAAF workers launch class action By Suzanne Klotz...is heading a class action of former RAAF maintenance workers, known as resealers...representing the workers, said he envisaged...eventually join the class action. Mr McLennan said...