Lawsuit claims discrimination at the New York Times
NEW YORK – Two women who work in the advertising department at The New York Times have filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the newspaper, its chief executive and chief revenue officer.
In the lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan, account managers Ernestine Grant and Marjorie Walker claim the workplace is “rife with discrimination based on age, race and gender.”
The lawsuit contends newspaper has an ideal staffer that is young, white and unencumbered with family. Both women are black. Grant has been with the paper for 16 years and Walker for eight years.
The suit says the plaintiffs “have experienced discrimination” and “were retaliated against, when they complained.”
Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy (http://nyti.ms/1XXzQdL ) calls the suit “entirely without merit.” She said they intend to fight it vigorously in court.
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