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Ford Agrees to pay $10 Million in EEOC case out of Chicago plant
August 17th, 2017
Ford Motor has agreed to pay $10.125 million dollars to resolve a United State Equal Employment Opportunity Commission[EEOC] case alleging sexual and racial harassment of of female African American workers at the Chicago Assembly Plan and Chicago Stamping Plant. The EEOC also alleged that Ford had retaliated against those workers who complained about the haras…
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EEOC obtains $240 million dollar verdict for abused workers.
May 3rd, 2013
Every time you tell yourself you have seen the last of these stories… An Iowa City, Iowa jury awarded a record $241 million dollars to a group of 32 workers who had been systematically abused for decades by a Texas employer. The employer, Hill County Farms, d/b/a Henry’s Turkey Service, is based in Goldthwaite, Texas. The work and abuse however, to…
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Was employee fired because of prothetic leg?
December 6th, 2012
On Tuesday the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit alleging that a Romeoville company wrongfully fired a 60 year old employee because she had a prosthetic leg. The company in question, Staffmark Investment, LLC hired Dorothy Shanks in October of 2010. She was then assigned to inspect Sony electronics at the Staffmark facility…
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