Aiken, South Carolina’s job machine – the Deopartment of Energy’s huge Savannah River Site where in ther 1950’s 40,000 people made plutonium and now 14,000 are trying to clean it up seems to have some old fashioned Southern racial problems.
The Aiken Standard reportrs that Savannah Rive Site employee Christy L. Johnson is suing her contractor employer claiming she was discriminated against because of her race, and according to the article “ seems to have the backing of the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.”
The site has a long history of discrimination and racial problems. Johnson, who is African American, claims she was passed over for for promotions that went to less qualified white women.
The project Johnson was working on is called the Mixed Oxide Facility and is years behind scheduled and now topping $10 billion in costs. For more go here.
Aiken, South Carolina’s job machine – the Deopartment of Energy’s huge Savannah River Site where in ther 1950’s 40,000 people made plutonium and now 14,000 are trying to clean it up seems to have some old fashioned Southern racial problems.
The Aiken Standard reportrs that Savannah Rive Site employee Christy L. Johnson is suing her contractor employer claiming she was discriminated against because of her race, and according to the article “ seems to have the backing of the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.”
The site has a long history of discrimination and racial problems. Johnson, who is African American, claims she was passed over for for promotions that went to less qualified white women.
The project Johnson was working on is called the Mixed Oxide Facility and is years behind scheduled and now topping $10 billion in costs. For more go here.
