Local News in Brief : School Drivers File Suit
Four women who drive buses or trucks for the Compton Unified School District filed a class-action sex discrimination suit Friday against the district, claiming that male co-workers harass them and post nude pictures at work.
The Superior Court suit was filed by Andrea Ross, Diane Thompson, Glenetta Graves and Anna St. Clair on behalf of themselves and other district women bus and truck drivers.
The suit said that since 1979, the district has engaged in “unlawful employment practices based on sex,” including allowing “posting of nude and semi-nude pictures of females and the depiction of females in explicit sexual positions in and around the work area.”
The women complained that they were subjected to “vulgar language used by male employees on a daily basis” and “unwelcome sexual remarks and sexual overtures and advances.”
The suit also said female truck and bus drivers have been denied “convenient, separate restroom and lounge facilities.”
School district officials could not be reached for immediate comment.
The suit seeks unspecified damages for loss of income and benefits, costs of the suit and a permanent injunction to force the district to stop the allegedly unlawful practices.
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