Eddystone NewsLocal news for Eddystone, PA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Conectiv, others settle racial suit- May 7, 2008 While Conectiv Energy and its three subcontractors built a power plant in Bethlehem, they allegedly subjected four black men working on the site to racist graffiti, slurs and a hangman's noose.Those companies, while admitting no wrongdoing, have agreed to pay $1.65 million to the men -- including three from Allentown -- in what federal officials called a shocking case of racial harassment.U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials said the settlement, announced Monday, is one of...http://www.topix.net/city/eddystone-pa/2008/05/conectiv-others-settle-racial-suit?fromrss=... |