GM Workers Hung 'Whites Only' Bathroom Signs and Nooses at Toledo Plant: Lawsuit
Ryan Felton
Yesterday 6:36pm
A new lawsuit filed in federal court alleges General Motors failed to address a rampant culture of racism at its Toledo transmission plant. There, black workers were subjected to whites only bathroom signs, routinely called racist slurs, and nooses were left hanging in plain sight on numerous occasions, the suit says.
The lawsuit, first reported by The Detroit Free Press and which you can read below, says GMs failure to take prompt corrective action resulted in an atmosphere whereby the hate-driven employees felt free to hang nooses, display racist graffiti, and verbally attack and racially insult African-Americans.
That includes Mark Edwards, a 59-year-old worker who told the Freep that he discovered a noose hanging by his work station in March 2017.
Per the Freep:
I was startled, really startled by it, said Edwards, who took a picture of it. I couldnt believe someone did that. I couldnt understand who in my work area disliked me that much or had that much hatred to hang a noose by my job.
Edwards, who has worked for GM in various plants since 1977, said he has endured racial slurs and harassment for years from coworkers. He reported each incident to his union reps and managers. He said nothing was done to end it.
The noose was too much, though. Edwards said that in 1968, his then-19-year-old brother was tied up by rope and beaten in a racially motivated attack. It left his brother brain-damaged, he said.
The lawsuit, the Freep notes, goes on to say that whit{e} employees regularly called black workers boy, swastikas were painted on restroom stalls, and claims one white supervisor at a meeting said: Whats the big deal about nooses? There was never a black person who was lynched that didnt deserve it.
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Guppy
(444 posts)The state of Ohio had the greatest propensity to use the word. n****r. Great eh!
Faux pas
(14,700 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)it arose in the heartland, IN and IL.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)Not that I was sympathetic a bunch of Trump supporters got what they voted for.
Of course, racism and the Cult of Trump go together. So, the Karma is coming back to get them. I have no doubt it's the same set of idiots who voted for Trump and continue to support the racist.
I have no sympathy for Trump voters, no matter what befalls them. The man made it perfectly clear for the better part of a year what an asshat he is, and if you believed anything he said, you deserve your fate. I do feel sorry for the workers (especially POC) that vote Democrat and have to put up with that crap at work, on top of Trump's circus act in America.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Fuck each and every Trump voter. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Telling her that she had best explain and deal with this fast as if any future business I may want to do with GM is at stake because it entirely is.