‘Pent-Up Rage.’ Bus Aide Repeatedly Kicked and Hit Autistic Student
(BOULDER, Colo.) — Over six days, Shiva Rai was kicked and hit, sprayed in the face with aerosol disinfectant, berated and told he was disgusting by an aide on a…
St. Vrain Valley School District to pay nearly $4 million to autistic student abused on school bus
A school bus became a prison for a young adult student who was slapped, kicked and sprayed in the face with Lysol as he was buckled into his seat. The…
Former St. Vrain bus attendant gets 20 months for assaulting a student with disabilities
BOULDER, Colo. -- A former St. Vrain Valley School District school bus aide who pleaded guilty to assaulting a student with autism on his way to and from school was…
One Colorado to honor Pat Steadman, Jean Dubofsky, Rathod Mohamedbhai and Kaiser
Dubofsky, the first woman to serve on Colorado’s high court, was the lead attorney in the Romer v. Evans case, which resulted in a 1996 ruling throwing out the Colorado…
St. Vrain Valley bus assistant pleads guilty to assaulting student with disabilities
A Firestone woman pleaded guilty Thursday to kicking and spraying disinfectant in the face of a student with disabilities while she was employed as a bus assistant for the St. Vrain Valley…
CAIR, Law Firm Welcome EEOC Determinations in Favor of Fired Muslim Cargill Workers in Colorado
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/9/17) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined RATHOD | MOHAMEDBHAI law firm in welcoming determinations by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finding reasonable cause that Cargill Meat Solutions and Teamsters Local…
Cargill, Teamsters union violated Muslim workers’ civil rights in dispute over workplace prayer, federal agency rules
A Fort Morgan meatpacking plant and the employee union that represented its workers violated Muslim workers’ civil rights in a dispute over prayer breaks, a federal agency that enforces U.S…
EEOC sides with fired Muslims at Cargill meatpacking plant
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found reasonable cause that Cargill managers violated the Civil Rights Act by refusing to allow Somali-American Muslim workers to pray during their breaks…
Commission: Cargill violated Muslims’ rights in prayer ban
MINNETONKA, Minn. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found reasonable cause that agribusiness giant Cargill violated the civil rights of Somali-American Muslim employees by refusing to allow them…
Cargill Plant In Fort Morgan Violated Muslim Workers’ Rights, Feds Say
Former employees of a Fort Morgan, Colorado meatpacking plant have gained a “reasonable cause” finding against the plant and their union. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission decision finds that…