ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia Transportation LLC (Sandia), a non-emergency medical transportation company with its principal place of business in Albuquerque, New Mexico, violated federal law by subjecting several female transportation workers to illegal harassment based on their sex and sexual orientation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on Friday.
According to the EEOC, Sandia subjected female employees to harassment because of their sex, because they were lesbians, or because they did not fit management’s idea of femininity. In fact, the owner of the company expressed that he did not believe female employees belonged in the workplace. Sandia’s owner also subjected a group of female employees to severe or pervasive harassment, calling them “f*ckin’ lesbians” and telling each of them “women like [them] would be killed in [his] country.” The owner often referred to women as “fat ugly bitches,” “dumb,” “stupid,” “lazy,” and “ignorant,” and he frequently told everyone, “I hate f*ckin’ dealing with women!” On March 24, 2017, Sandia’s owner announced to the office that “All the lesbians are fired!”
This alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The EEOC filed suit, EEOC v. Sandia Transportation, LLC, Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-00274-KRS-GJF, in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico after first attempting to...
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