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SJCC Labor Studies Presents ...
North Country
Starring Charlize Theron-Academy Award Nominee for Best Actress All She Wanted To Do Was Make A Living. Instead She Made History •••
Wednesday April 30, 2008 SJCC DRAMA THEATER
2100 Moorpark Avenue, between Bascom and Leigh Avenues, San Jose, CA
Doors Open 6:00 pm Film 6:30 pm FREE! OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
***Special Guest: LOIS JENSON, the "real Josey Aimes"
Lois Jenson, portrayed by actress Charlize Theron, filed and brought forward the first successful class action lawsuit in the United States on sexual harassment and changed the American workplace for women.
She, along with other female workers, began working when giant steel corporations agreed to hire women to offset past hiring discrimination of minorities and thus comply with Civil Rights legislation.
The women went to work in the iron mines of Minnesota to get better paying jobs, but they did not realize they were invited into a hostile work place. Ms. Jenson, a single mother, and the other women were met with verbal insults, physical and verbal threats, degrading graffiti, groping and other actions that worsened after she brought it to management's attention.
She went to court and filed a lawsuit After many years of trials and legal maneuvers, the appeals judge ruled that "sex stereotypes reflected in and reinforced by such behaviors (i. e. photos, graffiti, language, etc.) were part and parcel of the working environment".
This case is a landmark decision citing the legal responsibilities of employers to secure a more fair workplace for working women and men. It set the precedence in both the legal and business worlds, and the ensuing changes are still applied today
Introduction by, Jim Kelly, S.JCC Labor Studies Coordinator
Special Guest: SJCC President Michael Burke
•••• Spedal Guest: Representative: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren's (16th District)Special Guest: Hea Jung Atkins, Director, San Jose Office, U. S. EEOC Sponsors: SJCC Labor Studies, SJCC ASB Phi Thea Kappa, Reel Work May DAy Labor Film Festival, CSU Monterey Bay Liberal Studies Dept.
For info about the event or Labor Studies classes call:
Jim Kelly (408) 298-2181 Ext 2575 or Email: laborstudies@sbcglobal.net