October 01, 2021
An Illinois federal court threw out a Black electrician's discrimination suit against Ford Motor Co., ruling the former employee hadn't successfully rebutted Ford's assertion he was fired because of sexual harassment complaints.
April 29, 2019
A 50-year-old African American man who claims Ford Motor Co. fired him because of his age and race is pushing back on the automaker's assertion that he was terminated for allegedly touching his female co-workers inappropriately.
March 25, 2019
Ford Motor Co. fired one of its electricians after multiple coworkers alleged he touched them inappropriately, not because of the employee's age or race, the company told an Illinois federal judge in a bid to exit his wrongful termination suit.
April 23, 2018
A former Ford electrician claimed in Illinois federal court Friday that he'd been wrongly terminated on sexual harassment grounds without being given a chance to defend himself while "younger, nonblack" employees got away with more egregious conduct, as the automaker deals with separate class actions alleging a culture of sexual harassment in its Chicago workplaces.