Hospital in Minneapolis is up to its old tricks, again. According to the 2000 census, one-third of the population in Minneapolis is people of color. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/planning/census2000 ****************************************************** HCMC workers� lawsuit seeks to �end institutional racism� By: Chris Nisan Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 4/7/2004
Hospital denies any discrimination �We filed this lawsuit to bring change to the hospital, end institutional racism, and to help the patients,� said Carmen Brown, an office specialist in the pediatrics clinic at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) and a plaintiff in a discrimination lawsuit filed by Black employees of the hospital. The lawsuit charges that HCMC �has developed a body of discriminatory employment practices,� which include among other things: tolerating racist insults and intimidation directed at Black employees, discrimination against Blacks in promotion and discipline, and retaliating against Black workers who speak out against racist treatment. The workers are demanding that an injunction be issued prohibiting the hospital from engaging in discriminatory behavior and that the hospital adopt an effective affirmative action program. The suit also demands that the affected employees be restored to the �positions and compensation at Hennepin County that they would have achieved absent discrimination,� as well as receive back pay and punitive monetary damages. �What they [hospital administration] don�t realize is that this is not about the money. It�s about making a change for people who work at the hospital � people who will work there as well as the patients,� said Cynthia Fashaw, spokesperson for the group Standing With Others Renouncing Discrimination (SWORD). SWORD is the group that organized workers to file the lawsuit. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=41441&sID=4 -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
