She emailed HR twice about the harassment — what the company did next raises questions
A federal lawsuit accuses Lockheed Martin and its subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation of firing an employee who reported months of harassment that allegedly ended in a physical attack.
The case, filed February 19, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, centers on what Jillian Rhodes describes as a pattern of escalating workplace harassment that went unaddressed despite repeated appeals to the company's human resources department.
Rhodes, a former upholsterer at the defendants' Stratford, Connecticut facility, alleges that beginning in approximately July 2023, two co-workers — Vicky Martinez and Nicole Gouveia, both assigned to the Receiving and Inspection Department — subjected her to offensive, intimidating, and aggressive conduct tied to her race, skin color, and gender. The alleged behavior included racially charged language, derogatory name-calling, physical intimidation, and being followed into the restroom.
What makes the case especially striking for HR professionals is the alleged response — or lack of one — from the company's own HR team. According to the filing, Rhodes raised her concerns directly with Danielle Desrosiers, the company's HR Business Partner, via email on at least two documented occasions: February 14, 2024, and April 4, 2024. The lawsuit alleges that despite these written warnings, no prompt or effective remedial action followed.
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