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Lawsuit accuses Amazon of ‘systemic’ racism in corporate offices

The lawsuit from Charlotte Newman, a business development head at Amazon Web Services who is Black, said the company suffers from a “systemic pattern of insurmountable discrimination,” despite its pledge to fight racism and statements of solidarity from Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos.Seattle-based Amazon had no immediate comment. The complaint was filed in Washington, D.C., federal court.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

Newman, a Harvard Business School graduate and former adviser to U.S. Senator Cory Booker, said Amazon delayed by 2-1/2 years her rise to senior manager by hiring her in 2017 for a more junior role for which she was overqualified, a “de-leveling” that reduces awards of company stock.She also accused a male supervisor of using racial tropes by calling her “aggressive,” “too direct” and “just scary,” and another male co-worker of sexually harassing her and once pulling on her braids while saying, “You can leave this behind.”Both men were also named as defendants, and according to the lawsuit the co-worker was terminatedคำพูดจาก ทดลองใช้ สูตรสล็อต. His lawyer could not immediately be identified.Newman is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. She is represented by Douglas Wigdor, who also represented women suing the former movie producer Harvey Weinstein and Fox News over alleged harassment or discrimination.Amazon has worked to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement. In September its cloud computing chief Andy Jassy, who will succeed Bezos as Amazon CEO, gave the keynote address at a Black Employee Network entrepreneurship conference.The news site Recode last week reported allegations of racial disparities in Amazon promotions and performance reviews.Amazon also faces lawsuits claiming it mistreated workers in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic at its facilities.

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