Peoples Gas, Black Workers Close Race Discrimination Suit

A Chicago-area gas utility and a group of Black current and former employees agreed to end a lawsuit claiming the workers experienced a racially hostile work environment.

Judge April M. Perry, of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, dismissed the case with prejudice, according to a docket entry, a day after the parties filed a stipulation of dismissal. Jason Towns and ten other workers sued Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. in 2023, alleging race bias, retaliation, and harassment under federal and state law, among other claims, in a proposed class ...