Media Mentions

12/15/11 McClatchy Newspapers Did Penn State violate civil rights laws? Groups urge inquiry
12/6/11 OK Radio Arcelia Hurtado, Equal Rights Advocates
11/25/11 Chicago Tribune Sexual Harassment of Interns Often Unreported
11/3/11 Moms Rising Today's Faces of Anita Hill
10/28/11 Daily Journal Wal-Mart Plaintiffs Try Again With Smaller, More Targeted Complaint
10/28/11 SF Chronicle New Lawsuit Alleges Sex Discrimination at Walmart
10/20/11 Huffington Post The Road Forward: Interview with Jennifer Johnson, Deputy Public Defender, SF
10/7/11 MomsRising Victory for California's Pregnant Workers
10/1/11 Arizona Republic Former Peoria (AZ) Bartender Cites Bias in Lawsuit
9/11/11 Daily Kos

California Steps Up for Pregnant Women

9/9/11 California Progress Report

Health Coverage - a Commonsense Protection During Pregnancy Leave

8/23/11 Deseret News

Flex for the Family

8/10/2011 California Progress Report DREAM Act a Win-Win: Good for Immigrant Women and Good for Economy
8/4/2011 The New York Times California-Davis Violated Title IX, Judge Rules
8/4/2011 The Huffington Post UC Davis Title IX Ruling: Judge Finds College Violated Law
7/3/2011 SF Chronicle Arcelia Hurtado, Equal Rights Advocates
7/3/2011 SFgate Video Nonprofits work for social justice, not credit
6/30/2011 El Tecolote Special Visa benefits undocumented crime victims
6/30/2011 El Tecolote Visa especial beneficia a víctimas de crimen
6/29/2011 Huffington Post Stand with the Women of Wal-Mart
6/23/2011 KALW Radio  How should US law hold corporations accountable for worker rights?
6/23/2011 Florida Courier Wal-Mart women vow to keep fighting
6/23/2011 Radio Bilingue Arcelia Hurtado on Supreme Court & Wal-Mart women
6/21/2011 New America Media Supreme Court to Women Workers Everywhere: You're on Your Own
6/21/2011 Desert Sun High court tosses out massive Wal-Mart lawsuit
6/21/2011 KGO Groups protest Wal-Mart ruling
6/21/2011 Ms. Magazine Women's Rights Supporter Rally Against Wal-Mart Decision
6/21/2011 Al Jazeera Supreme Court quells Wal-Mart class action
6/20/2011 Ms. Magazine Supreme Court: Wal-Mart-Too Big to Sue
6/20/2011 Latina Lista Latina director speaks out on Supreme Court's Wal-Mart > decision
6/20/2011 AAUW Blog Disappointed in Wal-Mart v. Dukes Ruling
6/20/2011 NBC Bay Area Wal-Mart Accusers Vow to Fight On
6/16/11 The Huffington Post The Women of Wal-Mart
6/16/11 Legal Pad In an In-Between Moment, ERA Celebrates 37 Years
6/16/11 Davis Enterprise Ball Now in Judge's Court on UCD's Title IX Compliance
5/31/11 Women's Radio ERA Celebrates 37 Years of Empowering Women
5/25/11 The Huffington Post The Power of Language
5/24/11 Davis Enterprise Female Wrestlers At Last Face UCD in Title IX Match
5/7/11 New America Media Unhappy Mother's Day for Thousands Fired Due to Pregnancy
4/26/11 El Tecolote Dental chains discriminating against pregnant employees
3/29/11 CBS  Wal-Mart sex discrimination case at the Supreme Court
3/26/11 KRON 4 Wal-Mart Women Plaintiffs Heading to Supreme Court
3/24/11 AAUW Dialog Why the Wal-Mart Supreme Court Case Matters
3/23/11 New America Media Why the Wal-Mart Case Is So Important to Women, Minorities
3/8/11 Clinton Patch Clinton Resident On National News Program For Wal-Mart Gender Bias Suit
3/3/11 Levi Strauss Foundation ERA Executive Director Named Pioneer in Justice by Levi Strauss Foundation
2/28/11 Yahoo! News A history of NOW, ERA and the League of Women Voters
2/23/11 The Huffington Post

'Janie Q's' Class Warfare at Wal-Mart

2/16/11 Times-Standard

Evans bill seeks health coverage for pregnant workers

2/15/11 The Glutster

Behind The Kitchen Door: A Surprising Look At The Working Conditions Of Restaurant Workers

2/11/11 The New York Times

Donations Preserve 3 Varsity Teams at Cal but Can't Save Baseball

2/11/11 LA Times

New study expected to paint bleak picture of how L.A. restaurant workers are treated

12/07/10 Women's Radio

Supreme Court Says Yes!

12/06/10 The Daily Beast

Walmart's Women Go To War

7/15/10 El Tecolote Equal Rights Advocates Celebrates 36th Anniversary Luncheon
7/2/10 The Huffington Post Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Law Hits Women the Hardest
6/24/10 theRoot.com She's Taking on Walmart
4/27/10 La Opinión Histórico litigio contra Walmart (Historic Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart)
4/27/10 CBS
The Early Show
Wal-Mart Employment Discrimination Suit
4/19/10 Florida Times Union Equal Pay? Not for Women
11/17/09 Choices Campus Blog Fresno Fire Fighter WINS Gender Discrimination Case
11/16/09 Ms. Magazine Fresno, CA Fire Department Loses Sex Discrimination Suit
11/14/09 KGPE Discrimination Lawsuit against the Fresno Fire Department
11/14/09 KSEE 24

$2.5 Million Dollar Award for Former Recruit Michelle Maher

10/30/09 KPFA Executive Director Arcelia Hurtado interviewed on Full Circle
11/26/08 Women's Radio News Staff Attorney Debra Smith speaks with Pat Lynch, Editor-in-Chief and Host of “Speak Up!”
7/26/07 Sacramento Bee UC Davis faces new sports bias suit
7/25/07 Sacramento Bee Panel on Title IX bias targets Fresno
State in heated hearing
7/24/07 CBS13 UC Davis Faces ‘Title 9’ Lawsuit
3/25/07 San Jose Mercury News Advocates seek women's rights
Group will make a lobbying trip to Sacramento ...
9/29/06 Daily Journal

Judge OKs suit against casino firm

8/19/06 Sacramento Bee

Casino bias suit scores a victory
Ex-workers claiming harassment at Thunder Valley win a tentative ruling letting the case proceed.

6/04/06 Sacramento Bee

Ex-casino workers' harassment case faces key hearing

5/25/06 Daily Journal Tribal immunity stacks deck against workers
1/24/06 Sacramento Bee Ex-workers Press Casino Fight
1/13/06 Salon.com Taking on a Nation
8/12/05 San Francisco Chronicle

Woman’s Suit Against L’Oreal to Go to Trial

Read the Decision

8/9/05 The Recorder Judges Grill Wal-Mart in Class Action
8/9/05 Daily Journal Judge Demands Wal-Mart Lawyer Apologize to Trial Court for Insulting Brief
8/05 Bay Area Business Woman August WonderWomen
7/19/05 San Francisco Chronicle State High Court Rules on Sex with the Boss
7/05 Bay Area Business Woman Family Leave Fosters Gender Equity
6/23/04 just-food.com USA: Wal-Mart Hit by Gender Discrimination Class Action
6/23/04 San Jose Mercury News Wal-Mart Suit Gets OK
6/23/04 The Recorder Wal-Mart Suit Could be Boon for Plaintiffs Bar
6/23/04 Sacramento Bee Judge Deals Big Blow to Wal-Mart
6/23/04 Oakland Tribune Women Win Right to Sue Retailer
12/2/03 San Francisco Chronicle Public workers win ruling on discrimination
12/2/03 The Recorder Public Workers Can Complain Directly to FEHA
12/2/03 The Sacramento Bee Employees need not use all steps before filing suit, top court rules
12/2/03 Daily Journal City Workers’ Right to Sue OK’d
12/04/02

Sacramento Bee

Regional Transit Employees’ Bias Suit Settled for $2.5 million

06/20/01

The New York Times

6 Women Sue Wal-Mart, Charging Bias

03/21/01

Oakland Tribune

Lawsuit Accuses AT&T of Cheating Pregnant Women Reduced Pensions Unfair, Retirees Say

03/21/01

Los Angeles Times

Union Sues AT&T for Alleged Pregnancy Discrimination

03/21/01

Sacramento Bee

Ex-AT&T Workers Suing Over Pregnancy Benefits

01/22/01

The Recorder

Back to Basics: Equal Rights Advocates Shifts its Focus Back to its Litigation Roots 

11/14/00

San Jose Mercury News

Piecework lawsuit settled claims over man’s home assembly of electronics




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