5/12/09

Latino Workers Awarded $4.3MM in Discrimination Case

B&H electronics retailer in New York City has settled a job discrimination lawsuit on behalf of 149 Latino warehouse workers for $4.3 million.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reports that a federal judge in Manhattan approved the settlement.

The federal agency had accused B&H of paying the Manhattan and Brooklyn workers less than other workers, and denying them promotions and health benefits because they were Latino.

FYI: In Fiscal Year 2008, the EEOC received a record 10,601 national origin discrimination charge filings nationwide, an increase of 13% from the prior year and up 50% from about 7,000 charge filings a decade ago.

1 comment:

Defensores de Democracia said...

The Ballad of Luis Ramirez
Extremely Beautiful Song - Beautiful Music and Lyrics

Killed cowardly by six Football Players in Shenandoah Pennsylvania on July 2008

The composer :
"May 20 de 2009
I just wrote this song. You will notice that I have to read the lyrics. I hope you like it. I just took the story from the New York Times. The white kids who killed Ramirez have to attend anger management classes."

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