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U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Wagner Equipment to Pay $200,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Retaliation Discrimination Suit

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DENVER — Aurora, Colorado-based Wagner Equipment, an industrial machinery and equipment company, will pay $200,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit for disability discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Il Fornaio to Pay $3 Million in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

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LOS ANGELES — Il Fornaio (America) LLC, an Italian restaurant chain with 15 locations in California and Nevada, will pay $3,000,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a class of female employees, the agency announced today.

Science & Space — NASA — News, Missions & Technology

NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 35th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station

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NASA’s SpaceX 35th commercial resupply mission lifted off at 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and hardware, bound for the International Space Station. Following its successful launch, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will…

Washington

Gov. Ferguson calls for salary survey after WA ferry sickout

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After a sickout crippled Washington’s ferry system last week, Gov. Bob Ferguson ordered a new evaluation of its engineers’ salaries ahead of wage negotiations with union workers next summer. Negotiators for Ferguson refused to offer a wage increase to members of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association in months of talks on a new two-year collective…