A Freeport police official demoted this year from the department’s No. 3 post sued the village Wednesday, claiming village officials discriminated against her because she is a white female. The lawsuit, filed in Central Islip federal court, said 24-year veteran Debbie Zagaja was passed over for promotion and demoted from deputy chief to lieutenant in March becauseFull Article >
HOUSTON — Rev. Peter Johnson and civil rights activist Sara Kane joined hundreds of African American workers and local residents Monday in a rally against a company they say is doing nothing to prevent racial harassment of minority workers. The protest was held in front of the Mickey Leland Federal Office Building on 1919 SmithFull Article >
BATON ROUGE, La (NBC33) – Civil rights leaders announced today that Baton Rouge-based Turner Industries is being sued for discrimination by several of its employees. Turner Industries released a statement denying any discriminatory actions, but one employee tells a much different story. “All the years of frustration and pain that I went through,” Yvonne Turner,Full Article >
By Tyana Williams – bio | email BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – O ver 200 African-American employees at Turner Industries in Baton Rouge say for years, they’ve been discriminated against and harassed while on the job. According to lawyers for the employees, documents show last March, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found Turner Industries violatedFull Article >
Officials at Turner Industries deny racial bias By LINDSAY WISE HOUSTON CHRONICLE Jan. 31, 2011, 8:05PM Several dozen activists rallied outside the Mickey Leland Federal Building in Houston on Monday to protest Turner Industries Group of Baton Rouge, a privately owned industrial services company that faces allegations of racial discrimination, retaliation and a hostile workFull Article >
Black workers sue Turner Industries over harassment By SKIP DESCANT Advocate business writer Published: Feb 2, 2011 – Page: 1B Current, former and potential employees of Turner Industries alleging racial discrimination are seeking salary compensation, court costs and an overhaul of company policies to discourage workplace harassment, according to a federal discrimination lawsuit filed inFull Article >
At least 100 African American employees working at Tuner Industries in Paris, Texas, did so under hostile conditions, which included graffiti, nooses and symbols of hate, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found. The investigation is one of the largest civil rights investigations in the state’s history. The three-page EEOC document dated March 31Full Article >
DALLAS — In one of the largest civil rights investigations ever undertaken in Texas, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission declared that at least 100 African-Americans worked in a hostile environment and were subjected to racial graffiti, nooses, and symbols of hate while employed by Turner Industries in Paris, Texas. The official three-page EEOC Determination,Full Article >
The Paris News EEOC cites local company By Mary Madewell Published April 9, 2010 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Dallas District has cited Turner Industries Group for civil rights violations and has ordered a formal dispute resolution process. The commission’s action, confirmed in a March 31 letter to Turner and to attorneys representingFull Article >
[gview file="http://www.newyorkemploymentlawattorneys.com/files/2011/02/Lawsuit-Filed-Against-NY-Post1.pdf"] Plaintiff, by her attorneys VALLI KANE & VAGNINI LLP, brings this action for damages and other legal and equitable relief from the defendants’s violation of the laws prohibiting discrimination based on age, gender and in retaliation for complains about this discrimination, stating the following as Plaintiff’s claims against the News America Incorporated d/b/aFull Article >
