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PRESS RELEASE
3-7-07

EEOC Says Pharmacy Giant Makes Store Assignments and Denies Promotions Based on Race; Thousands of African American Managers and Professionals May Be Affected

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed an employment discrimination class lawsuit against Walgreen Company, the Illinois-based national drugstore chain, alleging widespread racial bias against thousands of African American workers.

The EEOC charges in the suit that Walgreens

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"All I ever wanted was a shot at the American Dream,"
says Charging Party Samantha Robichaud,
pictured with EEOC Birmingham Trial Attorney Mason
Barrett in front of the McDonald's Restaurant
in Northport, Alabama.

PRESS RELEASE
3-7-03

NORTHPORT, Ala. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of an employment discrimination lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the Civil Rights Act

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PRESS RELEASE
3-7-02

WASHINGTON - Leslie E. Silverman was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to serve the remainder of a term expiring July 1, 2003. Ms. Silverman was nominated by President George W. Bush on February 11, 2002, and unanimously confirmed

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PRESS RELEASE
3-6-02

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal court has approved a $1,245,000 settlement of a class action race discrimination lawsuit brought by EEOC and private counsel against McKesson Water Products Company and Groupe Danone (which acquired McKesson in 2000). The suit was filed under Title VII OF the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Judge Florence Marie Cooper of

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JOINT PRESS RELEASE
3-5-09

ST. LOUIS – YRC Inc. (“YRC”), and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) today announced an agreement providing for an expanded recruitment program that both the federal agency and America’s largest over-the-road trucking company expect will increase the diversity of YRC’s truck driving and dock employees’ workforce.

The agreement focuses on continuing and expanding YRC’s existing diversity efforts and hiring programs for women

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PRESS RELEASE
3-5-08

Discrimination Charges Highest in Five Years; Agency Obtains $345 Million for Victims

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) received a total of 82,792 private sector discrimination charge filings last fiscal year, the highest volume of incoming charges since 2002 and the largest annual increase (9%) since the early 1990s, the agency reported today as part of its Fiscal Year 2007 enforcement and litigation

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PRESS RELEASE
3-5-03

Qualified Employee with Crohn's Disease Fired Unlawfully, EEOC Suit Says

BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a $194,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) on behalf of a qualified former employee with Crohn's disease who was terminated by Browning-Ferris, Inc., a waste management company.

EEOC's lawsuit originated from a charge of

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PRESS RELEASE
3-4-09

Clifton Store Unlawfully Fired Only High-Level African American Manager, EEOC Charged

NEWARK, N.J. – Shopper's Vineyard, a wine and liquor store in Clifton, N.J., agreed to pay $60,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC said in its lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, New

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PRESS RELEASE
3-4-05

Lawsuit Said Veteran Foreman Terminated Due to Age Discrimination and Replaced by Younger Worker He Trained

BALTIMORE - A federal jury has awarded $397,948 in backpay and damages to a 56-year old veteran foreman of a Baltimore, Maryland-based wholesaler of burial caskets who was fired due to age discrimination after three decades of work for the company, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today

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PRESS RELEASE
3-4-04

Glass Ceiling Phenomenon Differs by Industry

WASHINGTON - A new study conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) "Glass Ceilings: The Status of Women as Officials and Managers in the Private Sector" shows that women now represent about 36 percent of all officials and managers in private sector employment, a seven percent increase over the 12-year period examined. The full text of the report