Friday, September 16, 2005 Tyson Foods in AL Had "Whites Only" Bathroom Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Press Release (Aug 11/05): "A lawsuit filed today alleges that Tyson Foods, Inc. is responsible for maintaining a segregated bathroom and break room, reminiscent of the Jim Crow era, in its Ashland, AL chicken processing plant. 12 African-American employees filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Northern District of AL, alleging that a “Whites Only” sign and a padlock denied them access to a bathroom in the Ashland plant. The complaint states that numerous white employees had keys to the bathroom that were not provided to African-American workers." Holy Mother... this IS 2005, not 1805. What's next? Wear your "White Robe & Hood Fridays"? |