Waste Company Pays $1.4 Million to End Race Discrimination Suit

Waste Pro of Florida agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle claims that it subjected Black and Haitian American workers to racial harassment, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday.

According to the EEOC, Waste Pro subjected 26 Black and Haitian American workers to severe harassment due to their race and national origin, including the use of racial slurs, epithets, and being told to “go back to Haiti on the banana boat.” The harassment escalated to the point where during an anti-discrimination training, management refused to remove a stuffed monkey carrying an American flag that had been placed in ...