May 21, 2013

Did Wet Seal Fire Employees Because They Were Black?

   

*Have you ever worked for a company that you thought that was discriminatory?

Well, check out the story of former Wet Seal employees.

Boston.com reports some former employees believe the company is practicing discrimination by ridding itself of its African American employees in management.

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Three former employees of Wet Seal are filing a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against the clothing store, claiming they were fired because they didn’t fit Wet Seal’s “brand image.”

The three plaintiffs, Nicole Cogdell, Kai Hawkins and Myriam Saint-Hilaire all reside in Delaware County, PA. While Cogdell and Hawkins held store manager positions, Saint-Hilaire was an assistant store manager.

Read the rest of the story at MadameNoire.




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Comments

  1. OMG…This is crazy because my oldest daughter was an assistant manager at Wet Seal and the fired her…

  2. MelodyCool says:

    I’m glad word is getting out so Blacks who patronize this chain will boycott that brand.

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