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Mar. 24, 2015

Ex-engineer sues Twitter for gender discrimination, wrongful termination

Adding to the slew of gender discrimination lawsuits rocking Silicon Valley, a former Twitter engineer filed a class action lawsuit last week against the San Francisco social media giant for failing to promote her after five years.

By Kibkabe Araya

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Adding to the slew of gender discrimination lawsuits rocking Silicon Valley, a former Twitter engineer has filed yet another class action lawsuit against the San Francisco social media giant, claiming it failed to promote her after five years.

Tina Huang alleges the microblogging company declined to promote her to senior staff engineer despite glowing reviews from colleagues. When she inquired about the pro...

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