‘‘[You] Look Just Like Harriet Tubman’: Dow Chemical Faces Lawsuits By 12 Black Employees Who Claim They Were Subjected to Racial Slurs, Pictures of Monkeys and Unfair Treatment
A dozen current and former Black employees are now suing Dow Chemical Co., alleging that they faced racial discrimination or retaliation for complaining about unfair treatment and hostile workplace conditions, mostly occurring at the company’s Midland, Michigan, plant. The plaintiffs are all represented by Detroit attorney Carla Aikens, who filed the 12 individual lawsuits in…