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PRESS RELEASE
6-1-00

BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $1 million settlement of a class action lawsuit against Grace Culinary Systems, Inc. and Townsend Culinary, Inc. alleging egregious sexual harassment of 22 Hispanic women at a food processing plant in Laurel, Maryland. The suit charged the companies with routinely subjecting the female workers, all recent immigrants from Central America who spoke limited English

PRESS RELEASE
6-05-06

More Than 12,300 Women Nationwide to Receive Monetary Relief in Landmark Case

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that, pursuant to a court-filed consent decree, telecommunications giant Verizon Communications, Inc. will pay approximately $48.9 million to 12,326 current and former female employees in 13 states and the District of Columbia as part of a 2002 settlement of a landmark

PRESS RELEASE
6-01-06

Agency Also Announces $275,000 Settlement with R.T.G. Furniture for Sex and Race Bias

TAMPA – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlements of separate employment discrimination lawsuits filed against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and R.T.G. Furniture Corp. for a combined total of $590,000 on behalf of five individuals who were subjected to egregious sexual and racial harassment at stores in Central Florida. In

PRESS RELEASE
5-7-09

Hispanic Workers Subjected to Ethnic Taunts, Federal Agency Charged

FRESNO, Calif. – Sam’s Club, the wholesale chain store owned and operated by Wal-Mart, violated federal law by compelling Latino employees to endure a hostile work environment based upon their Mexican national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The EEOC's suit (EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated, dba

PRESS RELEASE
5-5-08

EEOC Settles Suit Involving Hangman’s Nooses, KKK Graffiti and Slurs at Construction Site

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit for $1,650,000 and significant remedial relief against Conectiv, A.C. Dellovade, Inc., Steel Suppliers Erectors, Inc. and Matrix Services Industrial Contractors (doing business as Bogan, Inc. /Hake Group) on behalf of African American employees who

PRESS RELEASE
5-5-00

Agency's Largest Monetary Settlement for Race Discrimination in State of Arizona

PHOENIX - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that several African American former employees of Direct Marketing Services' Peoria, Ariz., facility will receive a total of $700,000 as part of the terms of a consent decree settling charges of racial harassment and other race-based discrimination issues filed against the company. The decree

PRESS RELEASE
5-4-09

Federal Agency Obtains $60,000 for Latina Cooks at Paragary’s Gold River Restaurant

SACRAMENTO — Sacramento restaurant group Paramoor, Inc., will pay $60,000 and provide remedial relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Paramoor allowed the sexual harassment of two line cooks at the former Paragary’s Gold River Bar

PRESS RELEASE
5-31-07

EEOC Suits Charged Nooses, Swastikas, Graffiti Were Displayed to Harass Black Workers

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved three race discrimination lawsuits in Alabama and Mississippi for a combined total of nearly half a million dollars and injunctive relief – including the settlement of a class case against Pemco Aeroplex, a Birmingham-based aerospace and defense company

PRESS RELEASE
5-30-06

EEOC Said Muslim Employee Fired for Wearing Head Scarf Shortly After 9/11 Attacks

PHOENIX – In a legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Arizona Federal District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ruled that Alamo Car Rental committed post-9/11 backlash discrimination based on religion when it terminated a Somali customer sales representative in December 2001 for refusing to remove her head scarf during the

PRESS RELEASE
5-28-09

EEOC Alleged Country Mart Grocers Subjected African American Employee to Racial Slurs

ST. LOUIS -- Town & Country Grocers of Fredericktown, Missouri, Inc., doing business as Country Mart Grocery (Country Mart), will pay $27,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a female African American worker, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC had alleged

PRESS RELEASE
5-26-09

Company Made Black Warehouse Worker Endure Racial Slurs, Agency Charged

DURHAM, N.C. – A North Carolina lumber and hardware retailer will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Talbert subjected a black worker to a racially hostile work environment. Talbert Building Supply operates

PRESS RELEASE
5-26-06

EEOC Said Skilled Laborers Recruited from India were Imprisoned, Exploited and Abused

TULSA, Okla. – In a significant legal victory for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), a federal judge has ordered John Pickle Company, Inc. (JPC) and its president, John Pickle, to pay $1.24 million to 52 male victims of national origin discrimination and "human trafficking" who were recruited from India as skilled laborers

PRESS RELEASE
5-24-01

Class of Female Workers Subjected to Sexual Harassment and Retaliation at Kennedy Airport

NEW YORK - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $2.6 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation against Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The suit charged TWA with subjecting a class of female employees at John

PRESS RELEASE
5-23-01

Commission Says Control of Sexual Harassment in Future May Depend on Auto Maker's Adoption of Recommendations

CHICAGO - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said that it was encouraged by the final report of the Mitsubishi Consent Decree Monitors filed today with Chief Judge Joe B. McDade of the federal District Court in Peoria, Illinois. The report is in accordance with the Consent Decree which

PRESS RELEASE
5-22-06

EEOC Said Hispanic Women were Sexually Harassed and Racially Insulted

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Nine West and Jones Apparel Group will pay $600,000 to victims of sexual harassment, national origin harassment and retaliation, and take substantial steps to prevent future workplace bias as part of a major litigation settlement announced today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. CV-04-7514), in

PRESS RELEASE
5-22-06

Female Former Employee in EEOC Case Said Male Boss was ‘a Ticking Time Bomb’

SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today at a press conference the $750,000 settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit against the National Education Association (NEA) and its affiliate NEA-Alaska on behalf of three female former employees who were subjected to persistent verbal abuse and intimidation by a

PRESS RELEASE
5-22-01

African-American Employees Subjected to Hangman's Nooses, Racial Slurs and Graffiti

INDIANAPOLIS - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of two class racial harassment lawsuits under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against the Dana Corporation and the Bemis Company, Inc., on behalf of African- American workers who were subjected to repeated and egregious racial harassment, including hangman's nooses

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PRESS RELEASE
5-21-99

WASHINGTON – Ida L. Castro, Chairwoman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will be in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday, May 26 and Thursday, May 27 to speak at EEOC's Technical Assistance Program

PRESS RELEASE
5-20-04

DENVER - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has reached agreement with Seattle-based window manufacturer, Milgard Manufacturing, Inc. (Milgard) to resolve a lawsuit alleging that Milgard engaged in racially discriminatory hiring practices at its Colorado facility and retaliated against a human resource assistant, Leigh Ann Ornelas (Ornelas), who complained about the unlawful practices. Ms. Ornelas, who was also a named plaintiff

PRESS RELEASE
5-18-09

White Employee Harassed, Federal Agency Charged

NASHVILLE – Jack in the Box will pay $20,000 compensatory damages and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit (No. 3:08-cv-009663), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee), had charged that Jack in the Box subjected hostess

PRESS RELEASE
5-17-07

EEOC Consent Decree Also Includes Work Force Training, Other Injunctive Relief

DENVER – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a discrimination lawsuit alleging racial and national origin harassment against Professional Transit Management, doing business as Springs Transit. The Colorado Springs facility will pay $450,000, to be divided between six class members, according to the terms of the consent decree

PRESS RELEASE
5-15-02

New Fact Sheets Part of Agency's Ongoing Efforts to Prevent Backlash Discrimination

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Cari M. Dominguez today announced the availability of two new fact sheets, for employers and employees respectively, addressing frequently asked questions about the employment of Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and Sikhs. These materials represent EEOC's latest in a series of efforts to proactively prevent September

PRESS RELEASE
5-14-09

Manager Subjected Women to Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charged

SAN ANTONIO — A Fredericksburg, Texas restaurant will pay $50,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC alleged in its suit that Winslow’s Restaurant’s male general manager engaged in sexual harassment of women employees, which occurred on a regular basis

PRESS RELEASE
5-14-08

EEOC Said 18 Women, Including Teens, Were Abused

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A Rochester-based distributor of highway and industrial safety products will pay $375,000 and furnish injunctive relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC said that owner, president, vice president and members of the sales staff of American Industrial