Superferry Maker Sued For Racial Discrimination

'22 workers sue Austal for racial discrimination'
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
By JEFF AMY and KAIJA WILKINSON, Business Reporters

'A group of 22 current and former black employees have sued Austal USA, claiming that company managers participate in and condone widespread racial discrimination at its Mobile River shipyard.

'Defendant's racial discrimination is its standard operating procedure rather than a sporadic occurrence,' the plaintiffs stated in a suit filed last week in federal court in Mobile.'...See rest of article at http://www.al.com/news/press-register/index.ssf?/base/news/1206522920295650.xml&coll=3