Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : Record Bias Case Settlement Expected
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is expected to announce today that it has reached its largest cash settlement ever in a discrimination case, the Washington Post reported. The $66-million award would be shared by 13,000 telephone workers who were denied benefits when they became pregnant. The settlement with AT&T; Technologies Inc., formerly known as Western Electric Co., is scheduled to be made public at a hearing in Chicago, said two individuals with knowledge of the suit. The suit covers employees who worked between 1965 and 1977.
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