jeudi 16 septembre 2010

Roadway & Yellow Trucking Companies to Pay $10 to Settle Federal Allegations of Racism Against Black Workers

YRC Inc., the owner of trucking companies Roadway and Yellow will pay  $10 million to settle federal allegations that black workers at two Chicago area terminals were subjected to racial harassment that included hangman's nooses and death threats. According to the Chicago Sun Times, about 300 current and former black employees at facilities in Sauk Village and Elk Grove Village will be eligible to claim a portion of that money. The company will be closely watched by a court-approved monitor for the next five years, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Read more: Yellow, Roadway owner settles charges of racial harassment of black employees | Sun Times

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