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A new report shows there's much more discrimination against working women than generally realized. Every year, thousands of US employers are charged with sexual discrimination, and many are found guilty. Sexual discrimination on the job is, in fact, more common than any other form of job discrimination. Several major unions have developed programs to deal with the harrassment of their members.
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A new report shows there's much more discrimination against working women than generally realized. Every year, thousands of US employers are charged with sexual discrimination, and many are found guilty. Sexual discrimination on the job is, in fact, more common than any other form of job discrimination. Several major unions have developed programs to deal with the harrassment of their members.
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Discrimination against working women is an obviously serious matter. And there's a lot more of it than is generally realized, as a new report makes all too clear. The report, from the Institute for Women's Policy Research, notes that every year, a substantial portion of the country's employers are charged with discrimination against women under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the nation's basic civil rights law. Certainly not all employers charged with discrimination are guilty as charged. But plenty of them are found guilty.
The research report cites a recent study, covering the 12-year period between 1990 and 2002, that found that 13 percent of the country's business establishments had at least one charge of sex discrimination brought against them.
One of the problems is that only about one-fourth of the discrimination charges against employers ever wind up in court. Even fewer result i...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Commentator Dick Meister says unions are taking steps to combat the most widespread job discrimination of all.
OUTRO:Dick Meister is a long-time labor and political journalist.
