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Alabama and Mississippi Employers Settle Race Bias Cases for Combined 454 000 and Other Requirements

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved three race discrimination lawsuits in Alabama and Mississippi for a combined total of nearly half a million dollars and injunctive relief including the settlement of a class case against Pemco Aeroplex, a Birmingham based aerospace and defense company, involving nooses, swastikas and other threatening symbols creating a hostile work environment for African American workers. The other cases were settled with Ryan's Restaurant Group, Inc. and Renal Care Group, Inc.

Source: http://www.eeoc.gov/