Re: Dillard's Lawsuits

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I am having problems with Dillards as an employee. I want to
file a complaint, and the management wont do a thing. Where do
I start???

On 8/08/03, jay wrote:
> On 6/20/03, Robert McKay wrote:
>> Dillard's
>>
>> After finding this chat board I found that the following
>> information may be of use:
>>
>> Dillard's Background History - contains valuable news and
>> information about lawsuits against Dillard's.
>>
>> Dillard's has landed itself in the center of controversy …
>> At least five people have died after confrontations with
>> Dillard's security guards
>>
>> Associated Press
>>
>> Dillard's has landed itself in the center of controversy.
>> Dillard's has a policy of hiring only off-duty law
>> enforcement officers to provide security in its stores.
>>
>> Five (5) people have died after confrontations with
>> Dillard's security guards since 1994. Four of the five
>> Dillard's deaths occurred in Texas, including one in
>> Arlington. The fifth was in Memphis, Tennessee.
>>
>> One man was shot and killed during a confrontation with
>> Dillard's security at an Arlington, Texas Dillard's, while
>> another was hog-tied and beaten until he was foaming at
>> the mouth.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dillard's Target Minorities as Shoppers
>>
>> Dillard's has also had dozens of lawsuits filed against
>> them alleging that Dillard's target minorities as
>> shoplifters. Two of the five people who have been killed
>> due to Dillard’s security guards were black, two were
>> Hispanic and one was Anglo.
>>
>> Nationwide, dozens of lawsuits have been filed alleging
>> that Dillard's security guards and Dillard's store
>> employees harass, abuse and falsely accuse minority
>> customers of shoplifting. Multiple juries have found that
>> Dillard's Corporate and Dillard's security guards acted
>> improperly toward minority shoppers.
>>
>> During depositions for one case, several Dillard's
>> security officers admitted that code words were used for
>> African-Americans. Dillard's security officers at the
>> store routinely watched, and sometimes searched, African-
>> American customers.
>>
>> Dillard's Employment Discrimination
>>
>> Dillard's has also had lawsuits filed against them by
>> former sales associates. Other Dillard's employees have
>> joined the sales associates.
>>
>> Robert McKay
>> webmaster
>> http://www.dillardsalert.com
>>