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RockTenn Services Pays $500,000 to Settle EEOC Race Harassment Suit

RockTenn Services Company, Inc. an Atlanta-based manufacturing company, will pay $500,000 to 14 employees and provide other significant relief to settle a racially hostile environment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The consent decree settling the suit, signed today by U.S. Federal District Judge Jane Boyle, resolves the EEOC's claims against RockTenn.  The EEOC charged RockTenn with subjecting a class of African-American employees to race discrimination.
December 3, 2012

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Sutter Transfer to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Race Harassment Lawsuit

Yuba City-based Sutter Transfer Service, Inc., a trucking company, and Fiveway, LLC, an earthmoving farming company, have agreed to pay $30,000 to an African-American driver and his white co-worker to settle a federal racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
November 30, 2012

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ATK to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Case

Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (ATK), a Minnesota-based company that is one of the nation's largest aerospace and defense manufacturers, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
November 27, 2012

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EEOC Wins Rare Partial Summary Judgment Ruling in Racial Harassment Case

A federal judge has granted partial summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and denied an employer's motion for sanctions in an EEOC class racial harassment case against a Utah construction company, the federal agency announced today.  In so doing, the judge found that three black employees were subjected to an objectively hostile work environment and that the employer may not assert an affirmative defense to liability.  United States District Judge Dale A. Kimball also denied the employer's motion for sanctions, characterizing it as "wholly without merit."
October 16, 2012

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Court Orders AA Foundries to Take Extensive Measures to Prevent Racial Harassment

A federal judge has ordered AA Foundries, Inc., a local San Antonio manufacturer of ferrous castings and producer of foundry mold machines, to implement extensive measures to prevent racial harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  The EEOC had charged in the underlying lawsuit that African-American employees at AA Foundries routinely experienced racially offensive treatment.  The order follows a jury award of $200,000 in punitive damages to three former employees of AA Foundries.
October 12, 2012

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MMR Constructors Sued by EEOC For Racial Harassment

MMR Constructors, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting African-American employees to a hostile work environment because of their race, including a late-night death threat at one victim's home, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
October 1, 2012

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EEOC Sues Nevada Business Wedco for Race Harassment and Discrimination

Electrical distributor Wedco, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting a black delivery driver to racial harassment and discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today against the family-run business based in Reno, Nev.
September 27, 2012

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Performance Drilling to Pay $28,000 to Settle Race Discrimination Lawsuit with EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced today that it settled, for $28,000 and other relief, a race discrimination lawsuit against Performance Drilling Company LLC. Brandon, Miss.-based Performance Drilling provides land drilling services for natural gas and oil exploration and production companies in Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida and East Texas. Prior to settlement, Performance Drilling filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
September 27, 2012

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Sandia Drilling Sued by EEOC for Race Harassment and Retaliation

Sandia Drilling Company, Ltd, L.L.P. and Sandia Drilling of Texas, L.L.C., Bossier City, La., oil drilling companies, violated federal anti-discrimination laws when their supervisors and other employees subjected two African-American and a Hispanic worker to a racially hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  The companies also fired one discrimination victim in retaliation for complaining, the agency said.
September 26, 2012

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Scully Distribution to Pay $630,000 to Settle EEOC Class Action Race Discrimination Suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that SDS Fontana Holdings, Inc., which formerly did business as Scully Distribution Services, will pay $630,000 to settle an EEOC lawsuit which alleged widespread harassment and discrimination against a class of African-American, Latino and East Indian workers, mostly truck drivers, in Northern and Southern California. 
September 25, 2012

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Foley Products Company Settles Race Discrimination Lawsuit

Foley Products Company, a Columbus, Ga.-based concrete products company, will furnish significant injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 4, 2012

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Jacksonville Firefighters' Union Sued By EEOC for Race Discrimination

The Jacksonville Association of Firefighters (Local 122 of the International Association of Fire Fighters) engaged in intentional discrimination when it negotiated a racially discriminatory promotional process in the City of Jacksonville, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
April 30, 2012

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EEOC Sues Sparx Restaurant for Race Discrimination and Retaliation

The owners of Sparx, a Menomonie, Wis., restaurant, violated the law when managers posted racist imagery and then fired an African-American employee after he complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on March 27, 2012.
March 28, 2012

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Sierra Restroom Solutions Settles EEOC Racial Harassment, Retaliation Case

Northern Nevada-based Sierra Restroom Solutions, a supplier of onsite portable toilets, has agreed to pay $50,000 to an African-American driver to settle a federal racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
March 20, 2012

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Ready Mix to Pay $400,000 To Settle EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit

Ready Mix USA, a major cement and concrete products company, will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for racial harassment filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
February 21, 2012

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Choctaw Transportation Company Settles EEOC Racial Discrimination Suit for $75,000

Choctaw Transportation Company, Inc., a marine construction and transportation company located in Dyersburg, Tenn., will pay $75,000 to an African-American job applicant to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
January 19, 2012

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Findlay Honda to Pay $150,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit

Shack-Findlay Automotive, LLC, doing business as Findlay Honda and Findlay Automotive Group, Inc., a car dealership in Henderson, Nev., will pay $150,000 to two black employees for subjecting them to discrimination, harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
January 17, 2012