She says a supervisor called her “a monkey,” publicly berated her on other occasions and chased her around the office. Andrea Jones filed complaints about these incidents, through the designated channels and through her union, then later, directly to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Nothing was done, she said, except that in August she was fired.
“They called me names, denied me opportunities for training I needed for promotions, denied me union representation in disciplinary meetings and nothing was done,” she said. “They laughed about it, like it was a joke.”
This didn’t occur in a private company—it occurred in the state Unemployment Compensation office in Duquesne, Pa. She then filed a complaint with the state Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and was assigned a case officer.
But now, nearly a year after her firing and nearly four years after her initial complaints, Jones says the EEOC is stonewalling her.
She said she was fired in retaliation for her complaining about the racial and religious bias—she is also a Muslim—that she was subjected to, and that with the evidence and witnesses she’s provided, the EEOC should have found she has grounds to sue.
“I am not going to go away and we are working on this to let others know not to give up even though no one wants to help you because you’re Black or Muslim,” she said.
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