Age Justice
City Council Gearing Up to Combat Age Discrimination
Jarrett Murphy |
A suite of new laws will aim to increase awareness, strengthen enforcement and coordinate services for seniors looking to stay in or rejoin the workforce.
Age Justice
Opinion: Toleration of Age Discrimination Must End. You Can Help End It
Ray Karlin |
There’s a role for government officials, employers and workers in ending a very common form of employment discrimination: ageism.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Ageism and Racism are Twin Evils That NYers Must Defeat
Bobbie Sackman |
‘Older adults are at the end of the food chain of a racist world.’
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Debate Over How to Root Out Age Discrimination in NYC Workplaces
Roshan Abraham |
A package of Council bills would mandate more workplace testing, but an administration official says that’s not the best way to detect a subtle form of bias that often intersects with other types of discrimination.
Age Justice
Opinion: Our Rally for Age Justice Calls All Who Support Equality
Bobbie Sackman |
‘Today’s marginalized conditions of the old are ignored by economic, political and cultural leaders. For them, ageism, unlike racism or sexism, is powder-puff oppression.’
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CityViews: It’s Time for New Yorkers to Take a Stand for Age Justice
Alice Fisher and Bobbie Sackman |
‘Imagine if everyone, young and old alike, came together to protest the way older adults are treated.’
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Older Workers are Organizing to Fight Ageism on the Job
Nicole Javorsky |
Age discrimination complaints are hard to litigate. So older workers in New York City and elsewhere are turning from the court of law to that of public opinion to press their case for respect.
