A national job-placement firm discriminated against blacks in favor of Hispanic workers to comply with racially based criteria of companies seeking temporary workers in factories, on assembly lines or for other low-skilled positions, a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of several African-Americans alleges. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, says …
A liberal group that has filed suit to change the way Alabama judges are elected isn’t likely to get very far, according to a constitutional law expert in the state. The lawsuit – filed by the NAACP Alabama chapter and four black voters – alleges the state of Alabama violates the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against African Americans. John Eidsmoe, senior counsel for the Foundation for …
A Federal Civil Rights lawsuit has been filed against Gerber Collision and Glass. A 21-year-old claims he was the victim of racist behavior, at the Novi location, where he recently quit. Ernest Garner filed the lawsuit this week against the auto repair shop headquartered in Illinois and his supervisor in Novi.