U.S. Sues Sears, Accusing It of Racial Bias
Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 07:33PM
TheSpook
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Sears, Roebuck,
contending that it illegally fired an automotive repair store manager
because he was black. Sears dismissed Edwin Broadard, who ran the store
in Maple Shade, N.J., for violating company ethics policies, the
commission said in federal court in Camden, N.J. Mr. Broadard, who had
received high performance ratings, did not previously violate company
policies in his eight years there, the agency said. Sears discriminated
against Mr. Broadard, the lawsuit said, "by terminating his employment
for alleged ethics policy violations while similarly situated white
employees received only warnings for engaging in the same or similar
conduct." The suit seeks to force the company to end unlawful practices
against black employees and to recover back pay as well as punitive
damages for Mr. Broadard. [more 
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