‘race discrimination’ Archives
City of Oakdale pays $185,000 to settle race discrimination suit
The California City of Oakdale agreed to pay $185,000 to a former public works employee to settle a race discrimination lawsuit. The employee, William Moffitt, claimed that he was subjected to a racially hostile work environment and retaliation by his bosses and co-workers. Source: Modesto Bee
AT&T sued for race discrimination and retaliation
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against AT&T. The EEOC claims that Antonnett Johnson was subjected to discriminatory comments and treatment by co-workers in Jonesboro, Arkansas because she is a black woman. Johnson also alleges that she was subjected to unequal terms and [...]
White Maury County employee files lawsuit alleging reverse discrimination
Linda Diane Cobb, an employee at the Maury County Health Department, filed a hostile work environment complaint and a race discrimination lawsuit against Maury County and its director, Elizabeth Cook. Cobb, who is alleging reverse discrimination, claims that Cook told her "that she did not have any rights because she was white." Read more at [...]
Multiple discrimination lawsuits filed against Glendale Police Department
At least eight police officers filed discrimination lawsuits against the Glendale Police Department last year. In August 2010, Police Lt. Susan Hayn filed a sex discrimination lawsuit after allegedly being subjected to discrimination and a hostile work environment. Police department officers and Glendale city officials named in the complaint [...]
Race discrimination lawsuit filed against Minneapolis Convention Center
Six mostly former maintenance workers have filed a race and age discrimination lawsuit against the Minneapolis Convention Center. The plaintiffs claim that the discriminatory treatment they were subjected to by 10 supervisors led to a hostile work environment. Minneapolis Convention Center Executive Director Jeff Johnson and nine other [...]
Former Cincinnati Metro CEO Marilyn Shazor files discrimination lawsuit
Marilyn Shazor, the former CEO of Cincinnati's Metro bus system, has filed a race and sex discrimination lawsuit against SORTA, which controls Metro, and Professional Transit Management, the company that actually employs Shazor. Shazor claims that she was fired last August because she is a black woman. She was replaced by Tom Hock, a white [...]
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