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Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within Springfield-Based Union Facing Suit: AG Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within Springfield-Based Union Facing Suit: AG
Racial Discrimination, Sexist Language Rampant Within Springfield-Based Union Facing Suit: AG A local ironworkers union is facing a lawsuit filed by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office alleging discrimination against Black members. Ironworkers Local 11 — a labor union with a Springfield-based training facility — that operates a hiring hall, is accused of "systematically bypassing Black union members for jobs and giving such workers less desirable assignments," Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Monday, June 24. The complaint accuses the union's business manager from 2008 to 2022, Raymond Woodall, its leadership and its members of repeatedly using racist slurs…

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