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Fri Jun 7, 2024, 05:12 AM Jun 2024

Black workers sue General Mills over alleged racial discrimination at a Georgia plant

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/nx-s1-4995429/black-workers-sue-general-mills-racial-discrimination

Black workers sue General Mills over alleged racial discrimination at a Georgia plant

JUNE 7, 2024 5:00 AM ET
Jonathan Franklin

Cereal giant General Mills is facing a federal lawsuit filed by several of its Black employees who claim that one of the company’s plants in Georgia has “embraced a racially hostile work environment” controlled by “white supremacists.”

In a 60-page federal lawsuit filed earlier this month, the plaintiffs allege that the managers at the Covington, Ga., plant favor white employees for promotions over its Black employees — as they allege that more disciplinary actions were issued toward Black employees.

In addition, the plaintiffs allege that the plant is run by a group of “male white supremacists operating in management and HR,” as they claim the teams formed a group called the “Good Ole Boys,” according to the lawsuit.

“The ‘Good Ole Boys’ believe that history and symbols that have been co-opted or misappropriated by the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist hate groups are useful to keep Black people ‘in their place’ and discourage Black people from speaking or taking action against the disparate treatment of Black employees at the Covington facility,” the lawsuit reads.

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