Comment by UMOJA on July 22, 2011 at 8:14am

The mission of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is to eradicate employment discrimination at the workplace. However, it has been reported that the EEOC fails to investigate the complaints of Black people who file race discriminaton complaints.   According to former EEOC investigator (Mr. Ricardo Jones, Sr.) and the EEOC stats, the EEOC dismisses the majority of its race complaint workload.   EEOC found reasonable cause that discrimination occurred only 3.5% of the time in FY 2010.  See link at EEOC Dismisses The Majority of Race Based Complaints.   Also see press release <="" a="">EEOC Veteran Investigator and Whistleblower Exposes...

Comment by UMOJA on July 22, 2011 at 8:15am

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Comment by UMOJA on July 22, 2011 at 8:16am

Racism in the Federal Government

By LINN WASHINGTON, Jr.

The telephone at the DC area home of Marsha Coleman-Adebayo began ringing non-stop after the story broke recently about the hasty firing of U.S. Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod on false charges of being a racist.

Outraged callers wanted not just to express sympathy over Sherrod’s mistreatment but also to offer continuing support for Coleman-Adebayo, whose epic battle with a federal agency over despicable employment discrimination and retaliation produced America’s first civil rights law of the 21st Century.

Over a dozen years ago Coleman-Adebayo, an MIT-trained PhD, faced an onslaught from officials at the Environmental Protection Agency because she had spoken out about racism within that agency as well as about the EPA’s coddling of a U.S. corporation whose regulation-skirting mining practices in South Africa were seriously injuring workers there.

The gross mistreatment of Coleman-Adebayo by EPA officials so incensed both a conservative white Congressman and a progressive black Congresswoman that this unlikely pair collaborated on passage of the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (NOFEAR).

That legislation makes federal agencies more accountable when found guilty of discriminating against employees or of trying to silence whistleblowers.

While simple fairness should have protected Sherrod (USDA officials refused to allow her to rebut the false charges before they forced her to resign), NOFEAR could cost the USDA plenty, should decide Sherrod sue over her treatment (she has already announced plans to bring a libel suit against her initial tormentor, Andrew Breitbart, the maker of a deceptively edited video clip of her speech to the NAACP).

“What happened to Ms. Sherrod happens to thousands of federal employees daily,” said Coleman-Adebayo, whose NOFEAR Coalition is demanding an investigation into the Sherrod firing.

“Sherrod was a political appointee, so I think it’s unlikely that her firing was done without some consultation with the White House,” said Coleman-Adebayo, brushing off claims by USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, a former Democratic governor of Iowa, that he alone had decided to pull the plug on Sherrod.

“How far did this firing go up the political chain of command? We think an investigation will find a cover-up,” Coleman-Adebayo said during a recent interview.

While the circumstances surrounding the firing of Sherrod and the bashing of Coleman-Adebayo differ, these two classic cases of workplace abuse over racial issues share similarities that give the lie to the ‘convention wisdom’ of conservatives regarding workplace discrimination complaints.

First of all, both Coleman-Adebayo and Sherrod sued federal agencies over charges of employment discrimination and won…Sherrod as part of a class-action lawsuit by black employees against the USDA, and Coleman-Adebayo as an individual against the EPA.

Courtroom success in employment discrimination lawsuits is rare, contrary to the vapid contention of FOX News talking-heads and Tea Party-types, who regularly make the false claim that so-called “activist judges” and/or “liberal-dominated” juries routinely dump bundles of dollars into the bank accounts of minorities who make allegedly trumped-up claims of workplace racism.

“Only two percent of federal employment discrimination complaints ever see the inside of a courtroom and far less than two percent prevail,” Coleman-Adebayo noted.

Comment by Ricardo Jones on August 9, 2011 at 12:40pm

EEOC Secrets Exposed by Whistleblower
June 24, 2011
By Syndicated Columnist Cathy Harris
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) (www.EEOC.gov) has the
power to investigate discrimination in the workplace. Most of these workplace
complaints are filed on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or
age. Yet this organization has failed its mission miserably when it involves cases
affecting African Americans.
To be clear, when someone makes an official complaint to the EEOC a professional
investigation is supposed to be conducted, where investigators look into claims of
discrimination at that particular workplace. After 180 days of investigation, the EEOC
tells the complainant in writing whether or not their case has any merit and they are
issued a ‘Right to Sue’ letter, which allows them to officially sue their employer in federal
court.
Ricardo Jones claims none of that took place. According to Jones, an EEOC insider
and Whistleblower, who was employed by the New York City Branch Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission for nine years, “only 1% of the complaints made to the EEOC
get investigated and others (typically those made by African Americans) are thrown into
the garbage or labeled ‘unfounded.’” Instead of conducting proper investigations, the
EEOC was just handing out ‘Right to Sue’ letters.”
Jones, whose job was to investigate mostly private sector workplace complaints, was
the only investigator in his office who refused to dismiss all Black complaints as ordered
by his managers and supervisors and this is one of the reasons that he was fired.
EEOC Classification System
According to Jones the EEOC has a classification system that they give all complaints
that enter into their offices. They are as follows:
 An “A” means that EEOC found that there is a high probability that there was
discrimination and the government will take your case to court.
 A “B” means there is a good probability that there was discrimination but your
case will be transferred to another office and mediated through an Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR).
 A “C” means an automatic “DISMISSAL” and the case or file is thrown into the
garbage.
Jones asserts that any complaint filed by an African American--no matter if they were
employed by the city, state, federal or private sector--was labeled a “C” and thrown into
the garbage. Not only did EEOC label ALL complaints by African Americans a “C” –
they also violated their own policies and procedures to issue a (PDI) pre-determination
interview, when they failed to notify African American complainants that no findings of
discrimination were found in their cases. On top of that, ‘Right to Sue’ your employer
letters were only issued after 180 days but most of the time African American
complainants never received any type of pre-determination notices before their cases
were dismissed by the EEOC. Jones stated “since the EEOC is not going to investigate
your case anyway, all African Americans and others should always just ask for a ‘Right
to Sue’ letter --a few days after filing a complaint with EEOC, which is well in their
rights.”
Given Jones’ assertions, now we understand why the EEOC HAS ALWAYS had a
backlog of complaints. This was “lazy investigative work” on their part. How can the
EEOC say that workplace discrimination did not occur simply because the complainants
were African Americans and then not even bother to inform complainants of their
findings?
Jones claims that “the worse offices for throwing away complaints by African Americans
are New York, then Atlanta, followed by Los Angeles,” mentioning that “everyone in the
Atlanta office of EEOC was trained by the New York office.”
Key Facts About the

Comment by Ricardo Jones on August 9, 2011 at 12:42pm

Mary 1 week ago in reply to Ricardo Jones

I filed a charge with the EEOC in 2006, I received a call from the investigator today nearly 5 years informing me of a "right to sue letter" being sent to me. I am saddened by the mishandling of my case and the length of time the EEOC has allowed elapsing. I file for sexual harassment which I have a tape recording of the harasser comments. I also filed discrimination and retaliation with evidence and witnessess. The EEOC has refused to give me a finding. Why? I don't know. Where can I go for help. Chicago, Il

Comment by Kimbely Furman on August 16, 2011 at 7:05pm

They are not investigating properly at all.  Thier mission is full of BALONEY!  It took them 3 years to tell me i did not submit enough evidence.  Whereas I needed my witnesses to speak whom were basically my proof against a bullying vicious superviosr who hated me PRIOR to becoming appointed to the section I worked for over 15 years.  Like the brother stated if you are black FORGET IT! I written to my senators - NO RESPONSE, Pres Obama - Sympathy letters and emails, I published my own website www.RUFED-UP.COM to get this info out to the public to the best of my capability. AND I A NOT THROUGH YET! Pennsylvania is a very discriminating state. ARE YOU FED-UP - check it out!

Comment by Ricardo Jones on August 16, 2011 at 7:20pm

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Comment by Kimbely Furman on August 16, 2011 at 7:37pm

Would love to attend but with what the EEOC done to me I am pretty much homeless living as I can until I can get into Housing.  I cannot afford rent for I cannot find decent paying work anymore. going from 25.00 an hour to 0 an hour can really set one back in life at the age of 52 I have slept in my vehicle, been in shelters, house-to house but I still refuse to give up the fight.  O its ruff, but I know there is a God somewhere who sees it all and His vengence is soon to come into existence.  If Jesus sacrificed His life for me in t he way He chose to die a horrific death for me, who the hell am I am not to suffer?  I do prefer my better life and the way I worked hard to get to a confortable lifestyle but ever since 2009 I been actually homeless.  Not fun but God has a PLAN! 

Comment by Ricardo Jones on August 16, 2011 at 7:43pm

Please email me: Ricohenry7@yahoo.com

 

Comment by UMOJA on August 26, 2011 at 7:18pm

Stop Discrimination Against Unemployed Workers

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