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Orlando UPS employee alleges anti-Arab bias
Source: Orlando Sentinel
An Orlando employee of UPS filed a federal complaint today alleging that the company allowed a hostile environment to exist because of his ethnicity and faith.
Ashraf Sarandah, 33, said he has been denied promotions, called names and that co-workers and supervisors spied on him in the restroom at the parcel-delivery-service company. He has filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Sarandah, a Palestinian-American who is also a Muslim, said the harassment has been a steady problem during at least six of the eight years he has been employed by UPS as an industrial engineer and planner.
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Shibly said other former UPS employees with Arab heritage have come forward with similar complaints.
Ashraf Sarandah, 33, said he has been denied promotions, called names and that co-workers and supervisors spied on him in the restroom at the parcel-delivery-service company. He has filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Sarandah, a Palestinian-American who is also a Muslim, said the harassment has been a steady problem during at least six of the eight years he has been employed by UPS as an industrial engineer and planner.
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Shibly said other former UPS employees with Arab heritage have come forward with similar complaints.
Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-muslim-ups-employee-alleges-bias-20120710,0,4716066.story
