EEOC sues Les Schwab Tire for alleged racial harassment.

Tire Business, October, 2006

Byline: Vera Linsalata

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing Les Schwab Tire Centers Inc. for allegedly allowing racial harassment of a Native American former employee at its Kalispell, Mont., store.

Filed Sept. 25 in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, the lawsuit alleges Earle Nevins was subjected to continuous racial harassment from co-workers during his employment as a sales associate in Kalispell from April 2002 to December 2004. The complaint further alleges that Mr. Nevins was discriminated against based on his race and that the dealership retaliated against him for complaints to company officials about racial harassment by terminating him in 2004.

Mr. Nevins said in an EEOC statement that he...

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