Archive for May, 2009

Town Fires Worker Who Criticized Layoffs (WCVB Boston)

A town employee in Framingham believes she’s being fired for speaking up about layoffs that she says were discriminatory.

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Will not turn a blind eye to Satyam layoffs: Khursheed (The Hindu)

New Delhi: The government on Sunday said it would not turn a “blind eye” to the issue of layoffs in scam-tainted Satyam Computer Services, which has now been acquired by Mahindra and Mahindra group firm Tech Mahindra. …

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Latino parents lose district liaison (Half Moon Bay Review)

Spanish-speaking parents within the Cabrillo Unified School District say the layoff of a longtime assistant superintendent severs an invaluable link between the school system and English-language learners.

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Sharapova hobbles into quarter-finals (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Maria Sharapova kept alive her French Open dream on Sunday when the Russian reached the quarter-finals with a 6-4 0-6 6-4 victory over China’s Li Na.

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