ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, December 29, 1996 TAG: 9612310007
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: 4 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: TEXACO
SOURCE: The Associated Press
In November, Texaco settled a race discrimination lawsuit brought by 1,500 black workers by agreeing to spend $176 million on back pay and future raises for black employees and to set up a task force on diversity training and sensitivity. The settlement came 11 days after the revelation that top executives had been caught on tape belittling blacks and plotting to destroy documents in the case.
MITSUBISHI: The federal government sued Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. in April, saying company managers turned a blind eye as male workers harassed hundreds of female workers at the plant. The government has also joined 29 current and former female workers in a private suit against the carmaker.
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.: The company agreed in November to pay $13 million to settle one of the nation's biggest age discrimination lawsuits, affecting 2,000 former employees of Martin Marietta Corp. The lawsuit contends Martin Marietta discriminated against workers age 40 and older. Martin Marietta is now part of Lockheed Martin Corp., the leading U.S. defense contractor.
SMITH BARNEY: A suit was filed against Smith Barney in U.S. District Court in Manhattan in May, alleging that a Long Island branch of the brokerage was run like a lewd fraternity for more than a decade. A suit was also filed in California.
CHEVRON: Chevron agreed in November to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleges it discriminated against hundreds of women in pay, promotions and assignments. The proposed settlement must be approved by a Superior Court judge at a Jan.21 hearing.
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