"Shakira Zahiruddin, 32, of the Bronx, had been employed at the all-women's institution on Manhattan's Upper West Side until Aug. 26, when she was abruptly terminated via email. The decision left her without income or health coverage for herself, her two children, ages 7 and 13, and her unborn baby, the single mother said, noting that her medical benefits expired six days after her firing."
"I'm left with nothing. What am I going to do now? It's not fair. It's very unjust and inhumane. She said her dismissal was not due to her performance but because of her pregnancy. I wasn't let go because I didn't do my job properly, or I was incompetent. No, I was let go because of my pregnancy. No one wants to deal with the cost of that, and that's not fair, that I have to suffer."
A Barnard College custodian who is eight months pregnant was terminated via email on Aug. 26 and lost income and health coverage for herself, her unborn baby, and her two children. Her medical benefits expired six days after the firing. TWU Local 264 alleges the college violated a seniority-based collective bargaining agreement by skipping over a male employee with less tenure. The worker maintains the dismissal was due to pregnancy rather than performance. Union leaders assert the college avoided maternity-leave obligations and may have violated federal law.
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