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Farris v. Clinton: Race/Gender Discrimination Case Going to Trial
With “Stretch” and “Cede” Policies Up Front On March 12, in a civil action lawsuit Farris v. Clinton, the United States District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina granted the defendant’s (Clinton/State...
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No Publicity Zone — 2012 Judicial Actions Involving Foreign Service Grievance...
– Domani Spero We’ve heard from the FS grapevine about an agreement that there will be no publicity of grievance results. If that’s true, well, that’s a terribly bad agreement, right? So if you want...
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Chien v. Kerry: DS Agent Files Suit For Race/Sex Discrimination, Hostile Work...
Posted: 2:41 am ET According to court filings, Josephine Chien is currently assigned as an Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) overseas. In early August, she filed a lawsuit against the U.S...
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FBI Agents Hung A Noose Over an African American DS Agent’s Workspace Twice,...
Posted: 1:20 am ET This is a hostile environment harassment case originally filed in 2009 with the final EEOC decision issued in July 22, 2014. It involves an African-American Diplomatic Security...
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With “Stretch” and “Cede” Policies Up Front On March 12, in a civil action lawsuit Farris v. Clinton, the United States District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina granted the defendant’s (Clinton/State...
View ArticleEx-FSO Tianna Spears: Dear @StateDept, “Hello there, it’s me again”
Tianna Spears: “You held discussions and town halls. As the paint dries, Juneteenth receives recognition, and Confederate statues are destroyed, remember that this is just the beginning. You ask...
View ArticleAAD Writes to Pompeo on the Harassment of American Diplomats at U.S.Borders
On July 13, 2020, the American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD) sent a formal letter to the Secretary of State regarding the issue of harassment of American Diplomats at U.S. border entry points. The...
View ArticleChigozie Okocha: The Slow Burning Car That is the Black and Brown Experience...
By Chigozie Okocha (The author is a second-tour Foreign Service Officer, currently serving as Vice Consul in the Consular Section of the U.S. Consulate General in Hyderabad, India). In response to...
View ArticleHill v. Pompeo: An African-American DS Agent, Offensive Baboon Gear, and a...
This is a Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 lawsuit involving an African-American Special Agent in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security who joined the State Department in 2002. In September 2013,...
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