Firm settles racial harassment suit

Thursday, March 28, 2002

CHICAGO -- Factory employees who were harassed with epithets, racist graffiti and displays of hangman's nooses will receive a $1.82 million settlement, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday.

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