Employment

Managers for Schwend, a Dade City trucking company, call black employees "niggers," threatened to hang them, and retaliated against them for complaining, the EEOC claims in Tampa Federal Court.

Waukesha Engines, a division of Dresser, discriminates against black employees and applicants, a class action claims in Milwaukee Federal Court.

Roadway Express discriminates against its black workers, the EEOC claims in Chicago Federal Court.

Universal Music Group/UMG Recordings cheats workers for overtime, a class action claims in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Class-action complaints alleging Labor Code violations have been filed against these defendants: Circle K Stores, in Riverside Superior Court, Calif.; Butterball LLC, in Denver Federal Court; General Storage, in Newnan, Ga., Federal Court; Standard Parking Corp., in Los Angeles Superior Court; Planters Gin Company of Memphis, in Memphis Federal Court; and Express Janitorial/JRC Building Services, in Chicago Federal Court.

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