Albuquerque Car Dealer To Pay $2 Million Settlement Over Alleged Sexual Harassment Of Men

kwrg.org ^ | 4-1-2014 | KRWG News And Partners

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An Albuquerque automobile dealership is agreeing to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that dozens of male employees were subjected to same-sex sexual harassment and retaliation.

A consent decree filed Thursday in federal court settles a 2011 suit filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Pitre (PEE'-tree) Inc., which does business as Pitre Buick.

The suit alleged that managers subjected employees to sexual harassment that included solicitations for sex and grabbing. It also alleged that Pitre retaliated against workers who objected.

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In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged a former lot manager, James Gallegos, under the direction of Charles Ratliff, Jr., then general manager, with subjecting a class of men to egregious forms of sexual harassment, including shocking sexual comments, frequent solicitations for oral sex, and regular touching, grabbing, and biting of male workers on their buttocks and genitals. The EEOC also alleged that Pitre retaliated against male employees who objected to the sexually hostile work environment. During the pendency of the lawsuit, the retaliatory actions of Pitre raised such concern that a U.S. District Court judge granted a preliminary injunction against Pitre, prohibiting the dealership and all of its agents from threatening or engaging in retaliatory actions against case participants [Docket No. 46].

http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/4-1-14.cfm

[GeronL]

Pee tree

[LeoWindhorse]

http://www.pitrenm.com/Meet-OurStaff

[Mastador1]

I wonder if this is one of the dealerships that the zero administration through it government motors bailout allowed to remain open, if so I can understand, same kind of people as now residing in White House.

[Robwin]

and biting of male workers on their buttocks and genitals.

biting on their genitals? How exactly...never mind, on second thought I don't want to know.

[ansel12]

Cool, with money like that, the guys will be able to get some broads.

[nickcarraway]

Since when is it illegal to sexually harass a man?

[Rodamala]

Keep AlbuQwirky.

[smokingfrog]

Meet our staff?

No thanks.

[Jonty30]

Interesting. Except for the parts manager, all the employees are male. In todays world that is highly unusual from the car lots I’ve visited. Every car lot I have visited has at least a few females, if only in customer service.

[allendale]

Any culture that cannot or will not prevent the vile molestation of young boys by decadent older men will not last long.

[clintonh8r]

Pitre BuICK!....

[jsanders2001]

> and biting of male workers on their buttocks and genitals.
biting on their genitals? How exactly...never mind, on second thought I don’t want to know.

Guessing harr ass ment by gay employees against straights?

[latina4dubya]

Since when is it illegal to sexually harass a man?

it's isn't even possible... to sexually harass a man... is it?

[Pecos]

In some of today's courts, perhaps not. In real terms - of course it is.

[Oratam]

Kevin Spacey’s been doing the same thing on set since he made it big.

[Resolute Conservative]

Are all car salesmen (employees) pansies? What about an ass-kicking?

[ViLaLuz]

Military now suffering the same oppression.

[MrB]

An ass-kicking would be charged as a hate crime because the kickee is a protected class member.

[gnickgnack2]

So, if I went in there to buy a car, got all the way to signing the bottom line, and then told them, “No, you’re homosexual, I won’t buy from you,” could they sue me?