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A Ford class action lawsuit claiming that the car company subjected Latino job applicants to discrimination at its Chicago manufacturing location has been revived by the Seventh Circuit.
A group of Latinos who applied for jobs at Ford say that the percentage of Latino workers at the Chicago assembly line location is far less than the Latino population in the area.
The plaintiffs say that they each applied for positions at the Chicago plant, located near Harvey, Ill., but were not offered jobs.
According to the Ford class action lawsuit, they were subjected to unfair treatment during the application process. The plaintiffs say that they were subject to an intentionally discriminatory pre-employment basic skills test; a test that, in some cases, was not required of non-Hispanic and non-Latino job applications.
The Ford class action lawsuit alleges that Latino applications were stalled during the hiring process, even after they successfully passed the pre-employment tests, resulting in the loss of job opportunities.
The plaintiffs claim that, at the direction of unknown Ford employees, the applications of Latino workers were not accepted, not forwarded, or even destroyed by the Harvey unemployment office – Ford allegedly hires for the Chicago assembly line primarily from the Harvey unemployment office.
The Ford discrimination class action contends that because the chairman of the local union at the Chicago plant is black, black applicants were favored during the hiring process.
According to the complaint, a conspiracy between the area’s unemployment office and Ford employees resulted in discrimination against Latino job seekers. The Ford class action lawsuit points out that the assembly line workers at the Chicago plant are almost exclusively black, while the surrounding area includes a large Latino population.
After filing their initial complaint, a federal judge dismissed the Ford class action lawsuit finding that the plaintiffs had failed to use up all available administrative remedies before proceeding to litigation. The plaintiffs appealed and a judicial panel at the Seventh Circuit revived their claims.
“Count II describes conduct that is consistent with the conduct described in the charges. Count II alleges a disparate impact upon Hispanic and Latino applicants caused by the skills test,” noted the order issued by the Seventh Circuit panel.
The Seventh Circuit noted that, while certain aspects of the Ford class action lawsuit had been appropriately dismissed, “basic allegations” about racial disparity in the plant compared to the Latino population in the area should not have been dismissed.
The Ford class action lawsuit has been remanded to federal court in Illinois.
The proposed Class is represented by the Bizzieri Law Offices LLC.
The Ford Latino Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit is Chaidez, et al. v. Ford Motor Company, et al., Case No. 1:17-cv-03244, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
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