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Friday, June 01, 2007
NY Transit Driver Fired For Rejecting Uniform On Religious Grounds
Earth Times reports that a female bus driver was fired Tuesday by the New York Transit Authority because she refused to wear either pants or a culotte, which are the standard uniforms for drivers. Tahita Jenkins told her supervisor that wearing these violates her Pentecostal religious principles, presenting a written request from her pastor that she be permitted to wear a skirt instead. Now Jenkins is considering legal action.