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September 24, 2014

Bias allegations at Seattle tunnel site

SEATTLE (AP) — A group of African American workers is suing the companies hired to dig Sound Transit's light rail tunnel between the University of Washington and Capitol Hill in Seattle, saying they were assigned demeaning tasks and quickly fired because of their race.

The eight workers filed a complaint in U.S. District Court this month. Sound Transit investigated and said it found troubling indications that black workers were more likely to be let go than their white colleagues.


 
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