16 Workers File Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Coca-Cola
Sixteen black and Hispanic Coca-Cola workers filed a lawsuit against the soda giant claiming they worked in a racist environment, according to the New York Daily News.
The workers called the environment a "cesspool of racial discrimination." The lawsuit, which was filed in Brooklyn Federal Court, accuses Coca-Cola of relegating minorities to unfavorable assignments and subjecting them to unfair disciplinary action and retaliation for complaining.
The lawsuit concerns two of the company's production plants -- one in Maspeth, Queens, N.Y., and another in Elmsford, N.Y.
The lawyer for the 16 plaintiffs, Steven Morelli, told the Daily News that Coca-Cola called the plaintiffs "nuts" and "ingrates." He also said that some plaintiffs claimed that they were called racial epithets, and the offenders were not punished.
16 Workers File Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Coca-Cola
Claudio E. Cabrera
Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:52:08 GMT
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