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Article: Eastman Kodak Defends Diversity Record
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- August 2, 2004
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AP Online
08-02-2004
Dateline: ROCHESTER, N.Y.
A lawsuit claims Eastman Kodak Co. _ lauded as a top company for minorities _ unfairly distributed raises to women and black workers and required them to waive their right to sue as a condition of receiving pay hikes and promotions.
According to the federal discrimination lawsuit filed Friday, Rochester-based Eastman Kodak was more concerned about protecting itself from employee lawsuits than helping about 2,000 workers when it awarded around $13 million in raises to blacks and women in 1999.
Executives awarded the pay increases after an internal study found blacks and women had been underpaid for years. But the lawsuit claims that the way Kodak ...