EEOC Sues Houston Union for Race Discrimination

Style Magazine Newswire | 6/9/2017, 12:59 p.m.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued United Labor Unions Local 100, alleging the union engaged in race discrimination by firing …

Source: Houston Chronicle

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued United Labor Unions Local 100, alleging the union engaged in race discrimination by firing two newly hired black union organizers, but retaining a white organizer who didn’t perform as well. The federal agency, which filed the lawsuit in federal court in Houston, alleged that the union treated the black employees differently because of their race and justified the firing of the two by citing a recruiting quota the union did not communicate to all workers or apply equally across the board. The EEOC is seeking an unspecified amount of back wages and damages for the black union organizers.

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