A proposed settlement of a class-action civil rights lawsuit filed by 11 African-American workers at Ford Motors Co.'s Sharonville Transmission Plant was taken under advisement by U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Spiegel on Wednesday following a final settlement hearing.
Spiegel gave preliminary approval to the plan in February. It calls for Ford to guarantee black employees access to an apprenticeship training program in the automaker's factories from which they say they were illegally barred.
Ford says it did nothing wrong in administering the program at its plants nationwide. Under the proposed settlement, it would set aside 279 positions in the program for blacks and pay $2,400 apiece to as many as 3,400 current and former workers in the affected class.
Going to college just outside of Detroit I understand that relationship and/or dynamics between Ford and its workers, esp. African Americans. The simple truth is African Americans need those jobs, the same way Ford needs us.
Posted by: Terecico | Thursday, 02 June 2005 at 11:35 AM
Can you please tell me what you really mean by " Ford needs us" ...
Posted by: scott | Saturday, 22 October 2005 at 02:34 PM