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Gender Bias
This is a settlement for the Discrimination lawsuit.
Marysville, PA: (Mar-06-08) Marysville resident Suzanne A. Mertes, a federal worker at Beale Air Force Base, brought a lawsuit against the US Air Force, alleging that she faced gender discrimination while on the job. Her suit claimed that she was called a "typical blue-collar type," a bitch, a complainer, a troublemaker and "not management material."
Records state that Mertes, a civilian who has worked at Beale since 1979 and was born on the base, has been one of the few females in a largely male environment. Mertes said that despite having superior qualifications, she was not promoted to supervisor in a support division that in 2004 replaced the 9th Transportation Squadron. She claimed that the management went to great lengths to ensure she wasn't promoted, while males easily won promotion. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, the gender discrimination suit was resolved after the Air Force agreed to pay Mertes $490,000.
Under the terms of agreement, apart from the monetary payout, Mertes will also be promoted to a supervisor position and receive back pay. Spokespersons for the Air Force stated that the settlement the government reached does not mean officials agree with assertions that Mertes made in the case or that the military admits liability. [APPEAL-DEMOCRAT: BEALE WORKER GETS MONEY IN BIAS LAWSUIT]
Published on Mar-9-08
Records state that Mertes, a civilian who has worked at Beale since 1979 and was born on the base, has been one of the few females in a largely male environment. Mertes said that despite having superior qualifications, she was not promoted to supervisor in a support division that in 2004 replaced the 9th Transportation Squadron. She claimed that the management went to great lengths to ensure she wasn't promoted, while males easily won promotion. As part of a settlement reached between the parties, the gender discrimination suit was resolved after the Air Force agreed to pay Mertes $490,000.
Under the terms of agreement, apart from the monetary payout, Mertes will also be promoted to a supervisor position and receive back pay. Spokespersons for the Air Force stated that the settlement the government reached does not mean officials agree with assertions that Mertes made in the case or that the military admits liability. [
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