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Article: Budget, staff cutbacks lead to growing backlog of EEOC cases.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- June 16, 2006
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Byline: Marni Goldberg
WASHINGTON _ It's been close to four years since Wynona James, an employee of the Air National Guard, filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency that investigates claims of job discrimination across the country. But she still hasn't seen a dime of the $100,000 that was awarded to her.
An administrative judge in Indianapolis last year found four Air National Guard supervisors guilty of "malicious retaliation" against James, who is black, by painting her as a terrorist. However, since the Air National Guard appealed the ruling in December, she hasn't heard a thing about payment.
"They say ...