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Shakira Zahiruddin
Barnard College fired pregnant woman to avoid paying her maternity leave, union claims
Barnard College is accused of laying off a custodian who is eight months pregnant to avoid paying her maternity leave, in violation of her union contract, her union leaders said on Wednesday. Bronx woman Shakira Zahiruddin, 32, had been working at the all-women’s institution on Manhattan’s Upper West Side until August 26 when she was…
