In addition to frequent bandying of the N-word, discriminatory behavior “permeated” employment decisions, which resulted in minority workers being “systematically denied jobs opportunities” for minority workers at the Maumee center, according to the lawsuit.
More examples of “racial hostility” include a white delivery driver refusing to enter a predominantly black neighborhood, which she referred to in a derisive term, and a second white employee telling co-workers he was “late for a Klan meeting.”
“African-American employees come to work each day not knowing whether a racist comment or conduct will confront them, being concerned that smirking or laughing white employees are ridiculing them because of their race, and walking on eggshells to avoid triggering a problem,” the suit reads.
The claim names UPS and five local managers and supervisors as defendants. It’s also seeking a court order to halt further discrimination and compensation exceeding $25,000 as well as punitive damages to “deter future unlawful conduct.”
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