Settlement Securing Job Training For Women Veterans Reached After SPLC Complaint

 
A North Carolina ministry has agreed to ensure its federally funded job training and residential program for homeless veterans doesn’t discriminate against women – resolving a sex discrimination complaint the SPLC filed on behalf of female veterans who were not given access to the same job training classes as men.

The agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Labor requires the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry to revise its programs and policies to ensure equal access. Program staff will also receive anti-discrimination training. The SPLC and Asheville-based attorney Meghann K. Burke filed the complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center in 2012. 

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Source: Southern Poverty Law Center