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Race Discrimination

Satchell et al vs FedEx Express Division | Express | Class Action | Federal Litigation | National | Race Discrimination | |

This case was filed in U.S. District Court for Northern California in 2003.  The class of plaintiffs allege that the FedEx Express Western Region discriminates against hourly employees and certain managers due to race and ethnicity in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.  Two separate classes - for hourly employees and for certain managers - were certified by the court in September 2005.  In April 2007, the workers’ lawyers and FedEx Express announced a settlement to the charges in this lawsuit.

EEOC vs FedEx Corporation Division | Express | Federal Litigation | National | Race Discrimination | |

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated a complaint of a FedEx Express employee filed in 2005.  The employee complaint centered on the use of a “Basic Skills Test” at FedEx Express.  The EEOC issued FedEx subpoenas for information on the types of FedEx computerized human resource files. FedEx resisted the subpoena and ultimately did not answer the request for information.  The EEOC took FedEx to federal court In June 2006 to enforce the administrative subpoena.