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Welcome to the EEOC's Virtual Newsroom, which offers a wide range of information and materials on the Commission's history, functions, procedures, programs, actions and staff, on the statutes we enforce, and on related research, data and statistics. We encourage everyone to browse and search through our continually updated Press Kit, which provides extensive background and context for virtually any question.

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Consent Decree Ends EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit Against Battaglia Distributing

A federal district judge has entered a $735,000 consent decree resolving a race harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The case, EEOC v. Battaglia Distributing Corp.,  Inc., No.13-cv-5789, had been pending in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, in Chicago.
November 19, 2014

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Wells Fargo to Pay $295,000 to Resolve EEOC Finding of Retaliation Against Hispanic Employee

Wells Fargo & Company has agreed to pay $295,000 to resolve a discrimination charge filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  A finding by the EEOC determined that Wells Fargo disciplined and terminated a Minneapolis Wells Fargo employee in retaliation for complaining of differential treatment based on her race and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
October 1, 2014

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EEOC Sues International Transport Provider to  Stop Race and National Origin Harassment

NFI Interactive Logistics LLC, a major transportation and distribution services provider, violated federal law by subjecting black employees at the company's Bolingbrook, Ill., facility to harassment based on race and national origin (Ghanaian), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  NFI, which is headquartered in New Jersey, is a privately owned company that counts Trader Joe's, Costco, Wal-Mart and other retailing giants as clients.
September 29, 2014

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Izza Bending Tube & Wire Resolves EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

A Buffalo, Minn., metal services company will pay $45,000 under a consent decree entered here which resolves a lawsuit alleging retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
September 19, 2014

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EEOC Sues AutoZone for Race Discrimination

Automotive parts retail chain AutoZone, Inc. violated federal law when it forced a black sales manager to transfer out of a store on the southwest side of Chicago because of his race and then fired him for resisting, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a suit filed today.
July 22, 2014

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Federal Court Approves EEOC Subpoena in Investigation of Giant Milwaukee Indian Casino

On May 6, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman approved the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's application to enforce a subpoena against Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee, the federal agency announced today.  The ruling allows the EEOC to proceed with its investigation of an age discrimination charge filed against the casino by former employee Federico Colón.  The casino is located near downtown Milwaukee and has more than 3,000 employees.
May 8, 2014

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EEOC Sues Izza Bending Tube & Wire for Retaliation over Race Bias Complaint

A Buffalo, Minn., metal services company violated federal law by demoting and then firing a production manager for refusing to discriminate against an African-American employee because of his race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 19, 2013

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EEOC Sues Battaglia Distributing Company for Racial Discrimination

Battaglia Distributing Co., Inc., a Chicago wholesale food distributor located at 2500 South Ashland Avenue, permitted a hostile work environment where use of racial slurs was common, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  According to the EEOC, slurs were used by both black and white supervisors to scold black employees.  In addition, frequent, offensive racial banter among hourly workers was routinely tolerated by management.
August 14, 2013

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Illini Precast Agrees to Consent Decree in Sex Discrimination Case Brought by EEOC

Federal District Judge Milton Shadur has entered a consent decree resolving a sex hiring lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The case, 11-CV-879, was filed in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
July 3, 2013

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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 Sues MBM Corporation of Mason City for Race Discrimination

The MBM Corporation's food distribution facility in Mason City, Iowa, one of many operated by the company, violated the law when company officials failed to remove racist graffiti from the men's room even after receiving a complaint, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed in federal court on Sept. 25. (EEOC v. MBM Corporation, N. District Iowa No. 3:12-cv-03069-MWB, D. Judge Bennet.)
September 27, 2012

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Quality Egg Settles Sexual Harassment Suit with EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal judge has approved a consent decree settling its sexual harassment lawsuit against Galt, Iowa-based Quality Egg, LLC.  (EEOC v. Quality Egg, LLC, Civil Action No. 3:11-cv-03071-MWB).
June 5, 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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Federal Court Denies Motion for Summary Judgment on EEOC Race Harassment and Discrimination Claims Against WRS Compass

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has denied WRS Compass's motion of summary judgment on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) racial harassment and discrimination claims for seven former African-American employees, the agency announced today.  The court also denied summary judgment on the EEOC's retaliation claim for a former white employee who complained of discrimination.
September 29, 2011

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EEOC Sues Pine View Living For Retaliation

Pine View Living, Inc. of Milwaukee, an assisted living facility, violated federal law by firing an employee for filing a job discrimination complaint against Pine View with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Wisconsin state Equal Rights Division, the EEOC charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 29, 2011

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EEOC Sues Aurora Health Care For Race Discrimination And Retaliation

Aurora Health Care, a not for profit health care provider operating facilities in eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, violated the law when it failed to meaningfully investigate an employee's claims of harassment and race discrimination, retaliated against the employee for using the company's internal complaint system, and ultimately fired the employee after she filed a charge of discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 16, 2011

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Jackson Park Hospital Sued By EEOC For Race Discrimination And Retaliation

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a class race discrimination lawsuit in federal district court here today against Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center. The EEOC charged that the hospital, on Chicago's South Side, subjected a class of black female employees to different terms and conditions of employment and segregation in job assignments because of their race. The suit also alleged that at least one of the women was demoted in retaliation for opposing and complaining about unlawful employment practices.
July 14, 2011