X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhR/T1VOe50sSEhM4O7W3pkoUeaImgIURd3s7htoFNxvOde1Ak3p0eSpNh8= From: xcruz@webtv.net (Robert Chavez) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 01:39:56 -0600 (MDT) To: Labor-Rap@csf.Colorado.EDU Subject: Fwd: Justice Dept. OKs Bias Settlement (fwd) --WebTV-Mail-1657329903-2995 --WebTV-Mail-1657329903-2995 [207.79.35.93]) by postoffice-121.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.5/po.gso.24Feb98) [207.79.35.89]) by mailsorter-103.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8/ms.gso.01Apr98) X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAsAhQNmKgtXyGAAgMA6uJpHO9LGh/oCwIUIIDEUUIPX+hs+deE1ki8Ok22Msc= From: xcruz@webtv.net (Robert Chavez) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 01:29:46 -0600 (MDT) To: frontera-l@nmsu.edu Subject: Justice Dept. OKs Bias Settlement (fwd) Justice Dept. OKs Bias Settlement 9-25-96 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Justice Department agreed to pay $4.1 million to hundreds of immigration workers who claimed they were denied promotions because they are black. Under a proposed settlement, back wages would be paid to about 800 past and current employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and 26 will be promoted, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday, citing a copy of the pact. Without admitting wrongdoing, the government also agreed to pay $1.5 million in legal fees and to hire an independent consultant for three years to monitor the hiring and promotion of blacks. If approved by a federal judge in Washington, it would be one of the largest bias settlements against the federal government. ``The settlement is completed,´´ said David L. Ross, an attorney representing the plaintiffs. INS spokesman Greg Gagne in Washington said a preliminary settlement was reached but declined to release details. ``We´re hoping it will be finalized and signed within the next few days,´´ Gagne said. The case began more than five years ago when 19 INS investigators in the Los Angeles area alleged they were denied promotions because of racial bias. That eventually led to a class-action lawsuit. --WebTV-Mail-1657329903-2995--