Ford officials said they had not seen the lawsuit, filed yesterday in federal court, but took such allegations seriously and would investigate the claims.
Black employees at the Regional Operations Center in Columbia said they were asked to train new employees, only to have white hires soon surpass them in pay and position. Black employees also said they were punished more harshly for minor infractions than their non-black counterparts, the lawsuit said.
The suit, filed on behalf of 12 current and former black employees, names the credit company as well as the operations managers, customer service managers and several other managers at the Columbia office.
Workers attempted to address what they claimed was a lack of black managers during a staff meeting but were told by one of the operations managers that "if you don't like the way the place is run, you can leave," the suit claims.
Ford officials said they would review the allegations exhaustively.
"Ford Credit along with Ford Motor Company and all of its operations has a zero-tolerance policy on discrimination of any kind," said Sonia Mishra, spokesperson for the Michigan-based Ford Motor Credit Co.
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