Word: lawsuits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...black," says Willar Hightower. "Eventually, you realize it's discrimination." Willar and Josephine Hightower are now incipient rebels, taking part in a class action that has the potential of upending the town. Willar, who is on the Aiken County council, says local officials have remained uncharacteristically reticent about the lawsuit. "Not a word. No one has asked a question," says Hightower. "When there's absolute silence if you walk into a room, that says a lot, doesn...
...strange, nervous quiet too from much of Aiken's African-American community, which makes up 45% of the town. While prayer services in local black churches have been held for the cause, anxiety levels are higher now that the couple has become a driving force in the lawsuit against Westinghouse, charging that blacks, who constitute about 22% of the 11,500 employees, have systematically been denied promotions and been kept at the most hazardous jobs. Only 400 of the site's 2,500 minority employees have joined the Hightowers. "There are a lot of us who are afraid to step...
Westinghouse spokesman Will Callicott says the charges have no merit, and he says company officials believe the courts will rule in their favor. Westinghouse also disputes the lawsuit's contention that only 1% of senior staff and management is black. The company, however, has not produced statistics to counter the claim...
...raise more than $1 million (matched by Oprah) to send disadvantaged kids to college. When she blurted that hearing about the threat of mad-cow disease "just stopped me cold from eating another burger!", the perceived threat to the beef industry was enough to trigger a multimillion-dollar lawsuit (which...
...Justice Department's lawsuit against Microsoft may be trouble for Bill Gates, but it could help business for Gateway. In an industry first, and with Microsoft's grudging assent, the PC maker is offering new customers the Windows 98 operating system and a choice of either the Microsoft or Netscape browser. (To get that choice, customers must pick Gateway's Internet service over those of AOL and other providers.) Also, those paying for their PC in monthly installments starting at $50 can trade up to a faster model two years later...