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On
September 28, 2005, the federal judge of San Francisco approved
a class action discrimination lawsuit on FedEx Express, an
operating company of the FedEx Corporation, (FedEx) filed
by the company's minority employees. FedEx was accused of
discriminating against these employees on the basis of race,
and denying them fair pay scales, performance evaluations,
and promotions (Refer Exhibit I for US Federal Law which protects
individuals from discrimination in employment based on race).
Commenting
on FedEx's practices, the plaintiffs' lawyers said that FedEx
followed racial discrimination without considering that discrimination
of any kind was unacceptable and that minorities were protected
by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to one of the plaintiffs'
lawyers, Waukeen McCoy, "The evidence in this case shows
that FedEx treats its minorities as though the civil rights
movement never happened."
The
plaintiffs claimed that FedEx's policy and practice of racial
discrimination against its minority employees caused them
pain and agony. One of the plaintiffs said, "When I first
joined FedEx almost 10 years ago, I believed I was joining
a company where everyone has a chance to succeed regardless
of race. Then I saw my white peers getting promotions with
little effort, while I and my African-American peers got rejection
letters. FedEx needs to change its policies and its culture
to treat minorities fairly." |
