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Article: NAACP, Teamsters Call on Major League Baseball to Help End Racial Discrimination at New Era Cap
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 28, 2008
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issued the following news release:
Today, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa asked Major League Baseball (MLB) to intervene with the MLB's exclusive on-field cap manufacturer, New Era Cap, in an effort to end racial discrimination and worker rights violations in New Era's distribution center in Mobile, Alabama. The NAACP also released today its report of the investigation it recently undertook at the request of workers at the facility.
Titled "Racial Discrimination, Repression and Retaliation at New Era Cap," the report documents conditions that include a lack of promotion of experienced ...