Black job
applicant alleges Waukesha County discriminated in hiring Local
NAACP chapter supports claim;
county waiting for EEOC decision
By JOE PETRIE - GM Today Staff
July 24, 2008
WAUKESHA - A Milwaukee woman and the
NAACP of Waukesha County are accusing county officials of
purposefully overlooking qualified minority job applicants in favor
of less-qualified white applicants in their hiring practices.
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Bernadine Matthews of Milwaukee, who is black, has filed a
complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after she
was turned down for a county support specialist position in 2006 and
later found out a week after human resources staff told her the
position was filled, they allegedly held interviews for the position
and eventually hired a less-qualified white woman.
