EEOC Sues Mattress Company in Racial Case

“Carolina Mattress Guild, a Thomasville, N.C.-based mattress manufacturer, subjected black employees to a racially hostile work environment and unlawfully fired the employee who complained about racial comments, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in a lawsuit filed against the company. Carolina Mattress Guild officials said the allegations are unfounded. According to the EEOC’s complaint,…