Lockheed Martin to pay $29.5 million to settle federal claims it discriminated against white workers

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NEW YORK (AP) — Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has agreed to pay $29.5 million to settle claims by President Donald Trump’s administration that it discriminated against white workers through its efforts to promote diversity and equity in an internal bonus program.

Lockheed Martin will pay $22 million to the U.S. government to resolve claims that it failed to comply with anti-discrimination requirements in its federal contracts, according to the settlement announced late Tuesday by the Justice Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In addition, Lockheed Martin will pay $7.5 million to more than 1,000 affected employees as part of a settlement with the EEOC, which had been investigating the company for violating Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race.

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@gb Better to play it safe and put your pronouns after your name like they are professional credentials. To be really safe. And if you're white male determined at birth, better to use non-cis and "non-white representing" to deflect the reflexive derision we all feel for you. Peace!

@g9 nah, I choose to fight the good fight and go down in a blaze of glory.

If you work anywhere long enough you’ll experience discrimination. Could be based on race, gender, nationality, age, etc.
Is it a one-off or deliberate pattern?
Is it the LM or higher holding YOU back or is it a corporate policy to hold EVERYONE back meeting that criteria back? Or giving them preference?
Very difficult to prove, very difficult to prevail.
Your time is better spent landing that next job outside of Shell.

@c5 don’t disagree with that at all. That’s why I’m not holding my breath. It’s not new. I was shown a slide from an LT meeting in 2018 whereby this group explicitly stated on the slide that they will prioritize hiring and promoting Chinese people. Mind you, not looking for those that spoke mandarin or Cantonese. Just hire and promote Chinese people. Their justification was that chemicals would be primarily focused in China going forward (I.e. CSPC JV) so we should make the team more Chinese here. Instead of consulting with EEOO lawyer and I didn’t take a photo of the slide, I decided to post out and leave. I watched this practice play out as they promoted a person of Chinese ancestry (not a citizen mind you of China also not totally sure if he even spoke either language) who was grossly incompetent in 2021. If I remember old have taken a photo of that slide, I’d be much happier today. Stay vigilant and keep receipts!!

DOJ doesn't need a government contract to prosecute violations of federal law. Shell's actions had been open and egregious for years. I will volunteer my time to DOJ's case if they will have me.

@at I’m not sure if Shell still has government contracts, but when I was still working in the US, we sold fuel to the US Government, so if they are still seeking contracts it could impact them.

@OP I think it’ll be much more difficult for us because we aren’t a government contractor. So much of this lawsuit was more about contract infringement (Lockheed is like a Mode 2 contractor, US gov the operating company) than actually violating a regulation. I wouldn’t hold my breath.

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