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Campaign to work for the MTA
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The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) may require Kevin Harrington (Sat Hari Singh),
a member of the Sikh faith, to remove his religiously-required turban in order
to maintain his job as a subway train operator. Mr. Harrington has worked as an
MTA train operator for over twenty years while wearing his turban. On June 7,
2004, the MTA ordered Mr. Harrington to take a job in an MTA yard, away from
public view, because he would not remove his turban. After a public outcry, the
MTA rescinded the order the next day, reinstating him to his train operator
job. However, on June 15, 2004, in a letter to Mr. Harrington’s union, the MTA
stated that it will likely require Mr. Harrington in September 2004 to choose a
job in the yard again because he wears religious headdress instead of an MTA
hat.
Media Coverage
CNN Coverage of the case (Video)
TA
Edict Spurs Turban Tussle, Daily News, June 24, 2004
Transit
Rules? Scratch Head, Covered or Not, New York Time, June 8, 2004
Turbans
Aren't Unsafe, Newsday, June 8, 2004
Sikh
begins work at subway yard, Newsday, June 8, 2004
TA
Derails Worker Over Turban, Daily News, June 7, 2004
Wants
Old Job Back; Sikhs Fights MTA in Row Over Turban, Newsday, June 7,
2004
Subway
Driver Transferred Over Turban, United Press International, June 7,
2004
Sikh
TA Worker Reassigned, Newsday, June 7, 2004
MTA
Reassigns Veteran Subway Motorman For Wearing A Turban, New York One,
June 7, 2004
First Muslim Women, Now Sikhs, Local
100 Express, June/July 2004
End
Of The Line? Kevin Harrington At The Helm Of The 4 Train, Irish Echo, August 12, 2004
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