Toyota car dealership settles discrimination suit

[Zacujyd]

A federal lawsuit, claiming that a previous general manager at a Northern California Toyota dealership discriminated against numerous Afghan American employees, has been settled in the plaintiff's favor. Are you trying to purchase or sell a new or used Ford Focus Spokane WA? If this relates to you, check into CarDealExpert.com!

Saying yes to pay the fee

A pay out was agreed upon last week. According to Atlanta, Toyota dealership decided on $400,000 in Fremont, California last week.

Avoid threats at dealerships

The cause of the suit comes from a 2007 suit where four Afghan-American sellers were called terrorists and threatened with a grenade by a general manager at Fremont Toyota.

Harassment depending on nationality is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Mohammad Sawary was one of those workers, and he remarked that it is ironic how loyal he was:

"The irony of this matter is that, after being labeled ‘terrorists’ at our old job, most of us found work with the U.S. military serving in Afghanistan protecting U.S. soldiers from the terrorists."

Previous employees

The salesmen explained that they ended up with more job scrutiny because of the abuse and harassment that was reported. Eventually, they quit their jobs and went somewhere else.

There was one Afghan American manager who got terminated after complaining about the salesmen treatment.

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The EEOC

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit on behalf of the previous employees. The EEOC is a federal watchdog for employment discrimination.

EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo said:

"We hope this case clearly signals that the civil rights laws of this country protect everyone from illegal discrimination, regardless of their national origin.”

The California Bay area has the largest Afghan population outside of the Afghanistan country, according to Michael Baldonado, the EEOC District Director in San Francisco.

He explained:

“We hope this settlement makes more people in the Afghan community aware of their rights and how the EEOC can protect them as we continue our outreach to under-served communities.”

The agency explained that employees and managers have to be educated on discrimination as part of the lawsuit settlement.

There was no comment on the matter from current Fremont Toyota lawyers and the new manager. The car dealership, responsible for cars and vehicle loans, was affected by the EEOC lawsuit alone without any issues for the previous general manager. Since he made the comments, shouldn’t he have gotten in trouble?

Sources

CBS Atlanta

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Union City Patch

[Andrew357]

Given we are in Australia and it isn't the same court of law, this judgement will only be seen as Obiter (Dictum).

[DJKOR]

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