On February 26, 1997, the Charlotte office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a class action lawsuit under Title VII against the American National Can Company and Foster-Forbes Glass in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The EEOC alleged that the ...
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On February 26, 1997, the Charlotte office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a class action lawsuit under Title VII against the American National Can Company and Foster-Forbes Glass in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The EEOC alleged that the defendants had violated the rights of 90 current and former employees by discriminating against them on account of their race.
On May 15, 1998, the parties settled the case, and they filed a consent decree with the court on September 2, 1998. Six days later, the court provisionally approved the consent decree. Under the consent decree, the defendants agreed to pay $275,000 in damages to a class of 90 current and former employees, as well as $100,000 into a partnership training program designed to improve employee relations and help employees to improve their problem-solving skills. We have no further information on the terms of the decree, since we do not have a copy of it. On January 20, 1999, the court issued a final order approving the decree and closed the case.
Kristen Sagar - 03/04/2008
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