A long-standing case of discrimination against the large meat processing company, Cargill, has ended, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The discrimination settlement will be used to pay back wages to thousand of applicants who were denied jobs at three of Cargill's facilities based on race and ethnicity.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. will pay $2.2 million as part of settlement with the federal government over discrimination allegations involving three of its U.S. meat processing plants.
The money will be used to pay back wages and interest to nearly 3,000 applicants who were rejected for jobs at facilities in Springdale, Arkansas; Fort Morgan, Colorado; and Beardstown, Illinois, between 2005 and 2009.
U.S. Department of Labor officials say the company's hiring process discriminated based on sex, race and ethnicity.
Cargill says it did not discriminate against applicants and that the government's allegations are unfounded. The company says it chose to settle the case to avoid the cost and distraction of litigation.
The Wichita, Kansas, company is owned by Minneapolis-based Cargill Inc.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press.
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How do they know that Cargill
How do they know that Cargill was discriminating against these people? What if the people just did not qualify for the job? They cannot prove that Cargill was discriminating unless an applicant was told that they could not be hired because of their sex or race. Without being told they are just making assumptions and Cargill should not be punished based on mad unemployed peoples assumptions. In the article it says that they were allegations, they should not be punished for a rumor.
Cargill
I agree with you, how did the U.S. Department of Labor officials know that this company was discriminating based on sex, race and ethnicity? I don't think it was right that Cargill had to "settle" the case because of others' assumptions.
Settling
I have the same question as the people above, how did the U.S. Department of Labor officials know that Cargill was discriminating these people? Did any of these people come forth and exactly say so? Also if Cargill was not discriminating based on sex, race, and ethnicity why did they settle? Some people will think that they were actually at fault but they didn't want to admit it or have it found out in great details that they did discriminate. People can take it anyway, either they did discriminate but they settled to not let people know the truth. Or they really didn't discriminate and they didn't want to lose even more money. It all depends on the person, but hopefully Cargill chose the right decision.