A Coca-Cola bottling company failed to stop a black manager in Louisiana from making racist and sexually charged remarks to his subordinates, a lawsuit filed in federal court alleges (George v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United Inc., M.D. La., No. 3:17-cv-00554, complaint filed 8/14/17).
Vernon Cotton quickly created a hostile work environment based on race and sex when he took over as manager of the service department of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United Inc.'s facility in Baton Rouge, La., “five or six years ago,” according to the complaint filed Aug. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District ...
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