Trump takes on his beloved Coca-Cola as his administration sues soda distributor for women-only retreat [View all]
Source: The Independent
Tuesday 31 March 2026 13:48 EDT
The Trump administration is suing a Coca-Cola distributor in New Hampshire for discriminating against male employees by hosting a women-only networking event in September 2024 – making it the first lawsuit related to workplace diversity, equity and inclusion in the second Trump administration.
Between September 10 and September 11, 2024, Coca-Cola Beverages Northwest Inc., a Japanese-owned distributor of Coca-Cola and other soda products in the region, hosted 250 women employees at a networking event in Connecticut. “Everyone could just kind of be free and talk about their struggles,” an unnamed employee who attended the event told the Washington Post. “It’s very empowering for women to get in the same room.”
But nearly a year and a half later, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the civil rights agency tasked with investigating and addressing workplace discrimination complaints, accused the company of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
“The unlawful employment practices complained of above were done with malice or reckless indifference to the federally protected rights of male employees,” the EEOC wrote in its complaint.
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-eeoc-coca-cola-lawsuit-dei-b2949330.html
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