UPS sued in alleged harassment of Muslim - SF Gate
The shipping company violated antidiscrimination laws in its treatment of Talal Alfaour and retaliated against him when he complained, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a federal court lawsuit.
Alfaour, of Jordanian ancestry, has worked for UPS since 1995 as a loader and in the revenue department. Since 2004, the EEOC said, co-workers have called him names like Dr. Bomb and Al Qaeda, and a supervisor told him he could never work with hazardous materials because he was a terrorist who would blow up the building.
The shipping company violated antidiscrimination laws in its treatment of Talal Alfaour and retaliated against him when he complained, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a federal court lawsuit.
Alfaour, of Jordanian ancestry, has worked for UPS since 1995 as a loader and in the revenue department. Since 2004, the EEOC said, co-workers have called him names like Dr. Bomb and Al Qaeda, and a supervisor told him he could never work with hazardous materials because he was a terrorist who would blow up the building.