May 22, 2025
A Massachusetts scrap tire facility agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming the company's owner used derogatory language toward Guatemalan workers and threatened them with deportation, according to a Thursday filing in federal court.
April 09, 2025
The owner of a Massachusetts scrap tire facility and the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission are in the process of drafting an agreement to resolve allegations that Hispanic workers faced harassment and threats on the job, then were fired in retaliation for striking, according to a Wednesday filing.
January 10, 2024
The owner of a scrap tire facility told Hispanic workers to go back to their countries and frequently donned an Immigration and Customs Enforcement hat while handing out paychecks to intimidate employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Massachusetts.