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Black Workers Allege Discrimination At Joliet Amazon Facility: Report

Several Black workers at the Joliet Amazon warehouse filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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According to a report by WBEZ, attorney Tamara N. Holder said it could take months or years for the Joliet Amazon workers' case to get resolved by the EEOC.
According to a report by WBEZ, attorney Tamara N. Holder said it could take months or years for the Joliet Amazon workers' case to get resolved by the EEOC. (Image via Google Maps )

JOLIET, IL ? Numerous Black employees at the Joliet Amazon warehouse say they are fed up with the racial discrimination they continue to face at work, so they have joined together to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to multiple news media outlets in Chicago.

The Law Firm of Tamara N. Holder, LLC. organized a news conference Wednesday in downtown Chicago in front of an Amazon Go location.

According to WBEZ Chicago, the Joliet workers have complained to Amazon management about being called the N-word at work, as well as hearing about nooses and being threatened with death.

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One of the Joliet Amazon workers, Tori Davis, told WBEZ that she left her warehouse job on July 13, telling the Chicago news outlets that a lot of Black Amazon employees in Joliet are still in fear.

For more, read the full report from WBEZ.

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