Federal judge approves race discrimination settlement with Walgreen’s
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A federal judge has a resolution of $ 24 million racial discrimination, two complaints against the chain Walgreen drugstores. A year earlier, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has decided to Walgreen, on behalf of thousands of African-American workers. The EEOC said that discriminated against blacks in business recruitment and allocation decisions in many poor performance and stores in predominantly black neighborhoods. As part of the metropolitan area approved Tuesday, East St. Louis, current and over 10000 old African-American workers Walgreen distributed $ 20 million. Applicants whose names appear on the receipt of the request, or $ 300000 each The company does not admit any misbehaviour, but also may Walgreen outside consultants to review its employment practices. The decree also provides for the approval of an earlier class action suit. A spokesman said Walgreen companies do not tolerate discrimination. |