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Article: AIRGAS CARBONIC TO PAY $40,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RACE BIAS CASE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 11, 2009
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RICHMOND, Va., April 9 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following press release:
A Radnor, Pa.-based liquid carbon dioxide and dry ice manufacturer will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Airgas Carbonic, Inc. refused to promote a black employee at its Hopewell, Va., plant because of his race.
According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Airgas Carbonic, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:08-cv-628 filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia), Airgas Carbonic ...