Under the Trump Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has betrayed workers by stopping investigations into disparate-impact discrimination charges, illegally abandoning decades of civil rights precedent. Disparate impact refers to a policy that is not justified by business needs that has an unequal impact on people of different races, genders, sexual orientations, ages, or other protected status.
When Plaintiff Leah Cross worked as a delivery driver for Amazon, the company denied her and other drivers bathroom breaks, which she alleges had a disparate impact on drivers with anatomy typical of people assigned female at birth. The EEOC began investigating Cross’s charge, but then abruptly ended the investigation as a result of Trump’s executive order.
The EEOC must do its job and protect workers — not give corporations like Amazon license to discriminate. That’s why FarmSTAND, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Towards Justice, and Public Justice are proud to represent Leah Cross in her fight for justice and dignity for all workers.
Read also about our case against Amazon for discrimination: Cross v. Amazon