Winn Newman papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation; New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council; Job evaluation; Equal pay for equal work; Minorities; United States; National Organization for Women; Discrimination in employment; Women's rights; United States. Supreme Court; Affirmative action programs; AFSCME; Cases; Service Employees International Union; National Committee on Pay Equity; Montgomery County (Md.).; Sex discrimination in employment; American Association of Retired Persons; Law and legislation; International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; Radio and Machine Workers International Union of Electrical; Montgomery County (Md.). Compensation Task Force; Americans for Democratic Action; Wages; Pregnant women; Employment; Pay equity; Legal status, laws; Women
Description: Correspondence, legal briefs, depositions, orders, motions, exhibits, transcripts, speeches and writings, subject files, biographical material, school and family papers, and printed material documenting Newman's career as an attorney practicing chiefly in Washington, D.C., and specializing in employment discrimination cases and labor law.  Includes material on opposition to the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court in 1991; litigation involving the rights of women and minorities; lawsuits on behalf of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) involving the comparable worth of female employees; and cases involving pregnancy discrimination, union access to employer equal opportunity data, job evaluation, pay equity, and sex and race wage discrimination.  Other clients include American Association of Retired Persons; Americans for Democratic Action; International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers; International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council; and Service Employees' International Union.  Other organizations with which Newman was associated include Montgomery County (Md.) Compensation Task Force, National Committee on Pay Equity, and National Organization for Women.
Notes: Restrictions apply.

Gift, Winn Newman, 1993.

Gift, Elaine Newman, 1995-1997.

Lawyer.  Named Irwin Newman; known as Winn Newman since 1946.

Collection material in English.

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