Joint Employers in Permian Basin Retaliated Against Workers Complaining of Race, National Origin and Sex Harassment, Federal Agency Charges
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Four national companies that jointly built and maintained oil & gas pipelines in New Mexico and Texas will pay $1,750,000 and provide other relief to settle a systemic race, national origin and sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
“No one should have to put up with insults or derogatory remarks about their race or national origin just to earn a living,” said EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows. “But that has been the experience for many Black, Native American and Hispanic workers in high-risk, infrastructure jobs, and it’s way past time for that to end. This settlement helps brings justice to the individuals who suffered demeaning and dangerous harassment, and also secures real changes that will promote equal employment opportunities for all employees in these workplaces.”
According to the EEOC’s suit, Plains Pipeline, L.P., Plains All American GP, LLC, Plains Marketing, L.P. and Copperhead Pipeline and Construction, Inc., operating as joint employers of six original complainants and ten additional male oil pipeline workers in southeastern New Mexico – part of the Permian Basin region – subjected the men to harassment based on race (African American), national origin (Native American, Hispanic, and Mexican),...
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