By Jonathan Stempel
(Reuters) – United Airways has been sued by two longtime flight attendants who say they have been excluded from extremely coveted assignments to work on constitution flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball group due to their racial background and age.
In a grievance filed on Wednesday with the Los Angeles County Superior Courtroom, Daybreak Todd and Darby Quezada stated they have been handed over in favor of flight attendants who have been “white, younger, skinny girls who’re predominately blond and blue-eyed,” and match a “sure look” that the Dodgers gamers appreciated.
Todd, 50, is Black, and Quezada, 44, is of Mexican, Black and Jewish descent. Each stated they’ve labored for United for greater than 15 years, and are searching for unspecified damages for alleged discrimination and harassment.
In a press release, United stated: “United fosters an atmosphere of inclusion and doesn’t tolerate discrimination of any form. We imagine this lawsuit is with out benefit and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.”
The Los Angeles Instances reported the lawsuit earlier on Friday. The Dodgers should not a defendant. A group spokesperson stated the Dodgers don’t touch upon pending litigation.
Todd and Quezada stated they’d been chosen for the Dodgers constitution flight program, which may supply double or triple the compensation of normal flights, after United confronted the same lawsuit in 2020 over its staffing of athletic groups’ flights.
They stated issues modified final 12 months when a number of white flight attendants have been added to this system, finally resulting in Todd getting fewer assignments and Quezada being faraway from this system totally.
The grievance stated that after Todd objected to being bypassed regardless of her seniority, United retaliated towards her and Quezada, together with when workers and managers known as Todd the “flight’s maid” and demeaned her in flights and conferences.
Each plaintiffs stated United’s therapy price them revenue and led to extreme panic assaults, anxiousness, losses of shallowness and sleep and different situations, requiring psychological therapy.
The case is Quezada et al v United Airways Inc et al, California Superior Courtroom, Los Angeles County, No. 23STCV26112.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Enhancing by Daniel Wallis)
