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Stupid nicknames, worst jobs: Native employees accuse Houston drilling firm of discrimination

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This promotional photo from Patterson UTI's Web site says the firm is "looking for high-quality, motivated and talented individuals to join our team."
(This promotional photo from Patterson UTI’s Web site says the oil-and-gas drilling company is “looking for high-quality, motivated and talented individuals to join our team.”)

Native employees of Patterson-UTI Drilling’s South Dakota operations were called names like “eagle that can’t talk” and given the worst job assignments such as cleaning and scrubbing, a lawsuit against Houston-based Patterson charges.

And when a worker complained, the company retaliated, according to this AP story running today on ABC News.

In Texas, one of the company’s black workers says his white colleagues displayed a noose and frequently used racial epithets.

The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission is investigating, and Patterson has been ordered to turn over personnel records.

Gwen Florio

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GRAY WOOLF---MOHAWK
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SEKOH MY BROTHERS,

DISCRIMINATION,IS REALLY NOTHING NEW AGAINST OUR NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE.IT STARTED HUNDRED OF YOUR AGO AND IS STILL CONTINUING AS OF TODAY.AND OUR PEOPLE TAKE THIS SMACK IN THE FACE,AND REALLY DO NOTHING LIKE OTHER RACES/TRY TO DISCRIMINATE.SOME OTHER RACES, AS YOUR KNOW THEY WOULD HAVE IT ALL OVER THE NEWS A.S.A.P.QUESTION WHY WOUNLD’T OUR PEOPLE STAND UP.LIKE OTHER RACES.I THINK IT TIME OUR PEOPLE STAND UP AGAIINST THESE DISCRIMINATIONS.AND LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW WHAT GOING ON WITH OUR PEOPLE.THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON LONGE ENOUGHT.GIVE US THE RESPECT WE EARNED FROM THE CREATOR.PEOPLE FORGET FAST,THAT WE ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE ON OUR LAND.I SAY THIS WITH WISDOM AND KINDNESS AND LOVE TO OUR PEOPLE….

YOUR ELDER
GRAY WOOLF
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November 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am

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