Indiana-based automotive manufacturer Supreme Corporation has agreed to pay $427,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating on the basis of national origin, the agency announced.
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Download NowIn the lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that the company harassed and subjected seven Hispanic employees to disparate treatment by the plant manager because of their national original.
The employees worked as cleaners, general laborers on the production line, and quality control inspectors at the company's Woodburn, Oregon, facility.
Supreme Corporation is a manufacturer of truck bodies, including dry freight and insulated bodies, cutaway and parcel delivery vans, stake bodies and buses. Supreme is based in Indiana; however, in early 2004, the company opened a production facility, Supreme Northwest, LLC, in Woodburn Oregon, to service the Northwest truck body market. Supreme also has production facilities in California, Georgia, and Texas, and employs approximately 2,000 employees. About 100 of these employees are located in the Woodburn facility.