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Press release

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE SETTLES EEOC RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PRESS RELEASE
6-18-09

Driver is Given Damages and Sabbath Accommodations

MEMPHIS -- United Parcel Service (UPS) will offer monetary damages and religious accommodations to a 19-year employee at UPS’s Bartlett, Tenn., facility to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The lawsuit, EEOC v. UPS, Inc. (Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-02576 filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of

Press release

EEOC OBTAINS $5.5 MILLION IN AN ADA CASE AGAINST COMPLETE AUTO TRANSIT

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT:   Adele Rapport January 6, 1997                               Regional Attorney                                                      or                                               David A. Whitcomb                                               Deborah Barno                                               Trial Attorneys                                               (313) 226-6701                                               TDD:   (313) 226-7599                                                Claire Gonzales                                               Reginald Welch                                               (202) 663-4900                                               TDD:   (202) 663-4494

PRESS RELEASE
1-6-97

DETROIT -- A Detroit Federal Court Jury awarded an unprecedented $5.5 million in damages in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity