Central Valley Auto Repair Company Sued By EEOC For Discrimination, Sexual Harassment And Retaliation
Oakdale Shop Manager Derided Women and Mexicans, Federal Agency Charges SAN JOSE, Calif. — A San Joaquin/Stanislaus County, Calif., auto repair company violated federal law when it allowed its Oakdale shop manager to harass an employee due to her Mexican national origin and her gender and then fired her for reporting the discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. According to the EEOC’s suit, Rena Flores, age 26 and of Mexican ancestry, worked as a secretary at Oakdale Collision Center . The EEOC’s investigation found that the store manager there publicly disparaged Mexicans, calling them “smelly,” “greasy” and “wetbacks.” He also regularly made sexist and sexually inappropriate comments, claiming that “women should clean the bathrooms, not men,” and that “women belonged barefoot and pregnant.” In addition, the manager asked Flores sexual questions and made sexually inappropriate comments, the EEOC said.