Lockheed Martin Corporation Let Racism Brew, EEOC Says
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Led to 12 Black Workers being Shot At Mississippi Plant in 2003
Lockheed Martin Corp. allowed a "racially charged atmosphere" to grow at one of its factories for years, culminating in a deadly shooting spree by a white worker last year, a federal agency said Monday. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that the company was aware of the hostile work environment in Meridian, Miss., but failed to stop it.
The white employee, Williams shot 14 workers -- 12 of them black -- there last summer; six of the victims dead, four of whom were black. Williams killed himself at the scene. [more]