Harassment in Workplace May Seem Obvious, Except When It Isn’t

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. thought it was finished with Anthony Runion when it fired him for yelling racial slurs at workers brought in to cross a picket line.

Until a federal appeals court ordered Cooper to rehire Runion with back pay.

“I told clients after that decision to pick a plaintiff,’' said Jonathan Segal, an attorney at Duane Morris in Philadelphia who advises businesses on labor and employment issues. “Do you want the NLRB to sue you on behalf of a racist or a misogynist or do you want the EEOC to sue you on behalf of someone harmed ...