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Black Californians are detailing racism they claim to have experienced at warehouses from Latino co-workers after companies in the state settled lawsuits with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
"We are seeing an increase in larger race harassment cases," Anna Park, regional attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Los Angeles district office, told the Los Angeles Times. "The nature of them has gotten uglier. There’s a more blatant display of hatred with the N-word, with imagery, with nooses. All the violence you’re seeing in the news, it is manifesting in the employment context."
Cardinal Health, a medical supplier, and Ryder Integrated Logistics, a transport company subsidiary, settled the EEOC lawsuits last year after accusations that supervisors ignored harassment claims at the warehouses located in California’s Inland Empire area. The Los Angles Times spoke to a handful of the Black employees, who detailed the racist names and discrimination they allegedly faced from Latino co-workers and others.
"‘Hey, monkey! Yeah, you!’ and waved a banana in her hand. A group of women burst out laughing," Benjamin Watkins told the LA Times of what a Latina co-worker said to him at a Moreno Valley warehouse.
The accusations also included claims that Black employees were often given more labor-intensive jobs compared to other employees, were denied promotions, and faced retaliation from both Latino and White supervisors if they complained about harassment and racism, according to the court filings reviewed by the LA Times.
Other workers described how Black employees "started disappearing one by one" after they complained about discrimination, how they reportedly did not receive a pay bump if they were moved to a job with higher-paying wages, and how they repeatedly found racist graffiti in warehouse bathrooms.
Via LA Times.
"We are seeing an increase in larger race harassment cases," Anna Park, regional attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Los Angeles district office, told the Los Angeles Times. "The nature of them has gotten uglier. There’s a more blatant display of hatred with the N-word, with imagery, with nooses. All the violence you’re seeing in the news, it is manifesting in the employment context."
Cardinal Health, a medical supplier, and Ryder Integrated Logistics, a transport company subsidiary, settled the EEOC lawsuits last year after accusations that supervisors ignored harassment claims at the warehouses located in California’s Inland Empire area. The Los Angles Times spoke to a handful of the Black employees, who detailed the racist names and discrimination they allegedly faced from Latino co-workers and others.
"‘Hey, monkey! Yeah, you!’ and waved a banana in her hand. A group of women burst out laughing," Benjamin Watkins told the LA Times of what a Latina co-worker said to him at a Moreno Valley warehouse.
The accusations also included claims that Black employees were often given more labor-intensive jobs compared to other employees, were denied promotions, and faced retaliation from both Latino and White supervisors if they complained about harassment and racism, according to the court filings reviewed by the LA Times.
Other workers described how Black employees "started disappearing one by one" after they complained about discrimination, how they reportedly did not receive a pay bump if they were moved to a job with higher-paying wages, and how they repeatedly found racist graffiti in warehouse bathrooms.
Via LA Times.
