• EEOC and UNITED SIKHS Work Together Across the Nation to End Employment Discrimination Against Sikhs

  Washington, D.C., USA: 6^th Aug 2009,  2^nd Saavan (Samvat 541 Nanakshahi)– UNITED SIKHS continues its mission to combat discrimination and promote Sikh awareness in partnership with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by holding education and awareness seminars throughout the United States. Spanning across four states in the past two months the seminars provided information to members of the Sikh community regarding employment discrimination and insight into the Sikh faith for government officials, a company, and the general public. Commenting on the collaboration, Harpreet Singh, Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS said, "Employment discrimination is a growing problem within the Sikh community and UNITED SIKHS is working with the EEOC to thoroughly address this problem. We plan to continue educating the Sikh Community and regional EEOC offices on employment discrimination throughout the nation. We encourage the Sikh community to be vigilant and report any incidents of employment discrimination to UNITED SIKHS." Read the detaisl onlien http://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/PRSRLS-06-08-2009-00.htm

 
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