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A lawsuit filed this week accuses Coca Cola of discrimination.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit on behalf of a male employee of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast who complained about a two-day networking trip for about 250 women in September 2024 at the Mohegan Sun casino resort in Connecticut.
The suit claims that male employees were not invited. As such, Coca Cola is accused of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by excluding male employees from the event.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in New Hampshire district court, challenges the sort of diversity programming the EEOC has aggressively targeted since President Donald Trump overhauled the agency, which was created by Congress under the Civil Rights Act. It comes just two weeks after the EEOC revealed that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees through its diversity policies.
“Excluding men from an employer-sponsored event is a Title VII violation that the EEOC will act to remedy through litigation when necessary,” acting EEOC general counsel Catherine L. Eschbach said in statement Wednesday announcing the lawsuit against Coca-Cola Northeast.
Cola-Cola Northeast said in a statement released to The Associated Press that it “finds it disappointing that the EEOC did not conduct a full investigation and we look forward to having our day in open court when we can tell the full story and expect to be vindicated."
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
