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Lawsuit: Southwest Airlines employees had 'whites-only' break room at Hobby Airport
HOUSTON — A former Southwest Airlines employee has filed a lawsuit against the airline claiming “extreme race discrimination.”
Jamel Parker’s lawsuit accuses Southwest of allowing employees to create a whites-only break room at Hobby Airport.
Parker, who was fired by Southwest in 2017, says he learned about the so-called “WB” when he started working for the airline in 2013. He claims it existed for years until a recent renovation of Hobby Airport.
Parker’s lawsuit also claims black employees found a noose made of bungee cords at a Southwest gate at Hobby.
Read more: https://www.khou.com/article/money/business/lawsuit-southwest-airlines-employees-had-whites-only-break-room-at-hobby-airport/285-596622131
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