Corporate settlement continues in discrimination cases. Shamrock Foods joins the atonement gang.
Shamrock Foods settles discrimination charges
Cathryn Creno for The Arizona Republic writes:
Shamrock Foods will settle a federal race and gender discrimination lawsuit by paying back wages with interest and offering jobs to some rejected applicants.
The United States Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Cara Bailey reports that a man who claims he was mistreated because of his race has filed a suit against his former employer, seeking punitive and compensatory damages. Bryan Smith filed a suit July 19 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Union Public Service District, claiming they violated the West Virginia Human Rights Act by allegedly [...]
Posted on August 8th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale’s former executive assistant has filed a racial discrimination charge against his office, less than two weeks after she resigned.
Margie Loyd was transferred in July as part of the questionable spending investigation going on in Knox County.
She resigned on July 25 and said many of the purchasing card charges that came [...]
Posted on August 6th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Media blogger TSB of Drums in the Global Village Blog has sent us a link to how Gary Sheffield, former Yankees Star has charged manager Joe Torre of discriminating against black players.
William Marra reports for ABC News:
Sheffield: Torre Treated Blacks Differently
New York Yankees manager Joe Torre treats black players on his team worse than [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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S. Mary Wills of the Black Factor blog raises an important issue, especially crucial for these times when denial of racism is being internalized at highest of legal stages.
Racial Discrimination Linked to Breast Cancer in Black Women
Active racism is all about waging mental and psychological warfare on the targets of the intended discrimination and [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Accused of denying promotions based on race, Walgreen is to pay $20 million.
Francine Knowles for Sun Times reports:
Walgreen Co. has agreed to pay $20 million to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination lawsuit that accused it of assigning black workers to low-performing stores in black communities and denying managers and professionals promotions based on [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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A civil rights group says that a special police task force “Community Action Team” harasses African-Americans families
A CONTRA COSTA TIMES report by Cassandra Braun and Simon Read
A civil rights group and a legal advocacy organization are investigating whether the Antioch Police Department is discriminating against African-American families in the subsidized-housing program commonly referred to [...]
Posted on July 14th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Predatory lending may be vast at Countrywide Financial Corp., as Reuters reports.
A LA Times article follows:
Four black homeowners sued Countrywide Financial Corp. on Thursday, accusing the largest U.S. mortgage lender of racial discrimination in its lending practices.
In a lawsuit seeking class-action status, the Massachusetts homeowners accused Countrywide and several affiliates of marking up interest rates [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Its time L’Oreal responded to the questions of blatant racism practiced by the corporate house.
BET has a story, hard to miss.
L’Oreal, the world’s largest cosmetics firm, says its business is a “celebration of diversity” and its famous slogan is “Because you’re worth it.” But is the company referring to White women only?
A [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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Well, at least so it seems, what with the enthusiasm that prevailed over participants on the “Happy Funeral†of N-Word.
Thousands of Attendees and Onlookers Cheer as the N-Word Gets Buried in ‘Happy Funeral’
By: Michael H. Cottman
DETROIT – The “N-word,” so says the NAACP, is dead.
Thousands of NAACP delegates at the organization’s 98th annual convention [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Saswat Pattanayak
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