Convenience store chain with hundreds of outlets in 6 states hit with discrimination lawsuit [View all]
Source: NBC News
April 19, 2024, 12:59 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press
The Sheetz convenience store chain has been hit with a lawsuit by federal officials who allege the company discriminated against minority job applicants.
Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores in six states, discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by automatically weeding out applicants whom the company deemed to have failed a criminal background check, according to U.S. officials.
President Joe Biden stopped by a Sheetz for snacks this week while campaigning in Pennsylvania.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in Baltimore against Altoona, Pennsylvania-based Sheetz and two subsidary companies, alleging the chain’s longstanding hiring practices have a disproportionate impact on minority applicants and thus run afoul of federal civil rights law. Sheetz said Thursday that it “does not tolerate discrimination of any kind.”
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/sheetz-convenience-store-chain-discrimination-lawsuit-eeoc-rcna148567
Honestly, I had never heard of this chain because there really aren't any on the eastern side of PA. I think the closest one to Philly is like 40 - 50 miles away. The first time I had heard of it was when John Fetterman was running for Senate and started a playful "Sheetz vs Wawa" competition (Wawa being the predominant "local" convenience chain here in SE PA and Sheetz being what he was used to over in Western PA).
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