UPS Women Asserting Gender, Age Bias Lose Summary Judgment

UPS was granted summary judgment on a gender discrimination lawsuit from three women employees working out of the company’s Oakland hub.

The trio were the only plaintiffs with surviving claims after Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton dismissed class allegations from a lawsuit alleging UPS upheld a “boys club” culture. Collectively, Galena Goins and Sonia Lopez alleged that UPS denied them injury accommodations on the basis of their gender, while Terry Jones-Jackson alleged she was denied back pay and the opportunity to work overtime because of her gender, the opinion from the US District Court for the Northern District of ...