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Bias Complaint against Microsoft May Be Wake-Up Call to High-Tech Industry.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2000
Oct. 7--A discrimination complaint filed this week against Microsoft Corp. by a former black female manager may be a wake-up call to the high-tech industry to pay closer attention to who gets hired and promoted, legal and management experts say.
Monique Donaldson, a former program manager in the Microsoft Network operations division, alleges the company systematically discriminated against African-Americans and women by denying them promotions and equal pay. The complaint was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle and seeks class action status for multiple plaintiffs.
Microsoft, the Redmond, Wash., software giant, has not responded to the specific charges in the complaint but said in a statement: "We do not tolerate discrimination of any...
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