Lockheed Martin Corporation Let Racism Brew, EEOC Says
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 10:03AM
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- Led to 12 Black Workers being Shot At Mississippi Plant in 2003
Lockheed
Martin Corp. allowed a "racially charged atmosphere" to grow at one of
its factories for years, culminating in a deadly shooting spree by a
white worker last year, a federal agency said Monday. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that the company was
aware of the hostile work environment in Meridian, Miss., but failed to
stop it.
The
white employee, Williams shot 14 workers -- 12 of them black -- there
last summer; six of the victims dead, four of whom were black.
Williams killed himself at the scene. [more]
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