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EEOC Sues Tow Company for Racist, Sexist Workplace
By Joseph Hong
The U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Atlas Towing Services of San Francisco Jan. 31, alleging the company “created a hostile and offensive working environment” for African Americans and Asian Americans and discriminated against them due to their race, sex and national origin.
The lawsuit developed from charges filed by former Atlas tow truck driver Glenn Morishita, a Japanese American, and by former Atlas dispatcher Cathy Peace, an African American woman.
According to an EEOC investigation, Morishita, Peace, and possibly other employees were subjected to epithets and racial slurs against Asian Americans and African Americans by their male supervisors, whose surnames indicate that they may be European American or Latino. There were no allegations that slurs were said against Latinos or European Americans.
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