With jury selection scheduled to take place this week in a federal sexual harassment lawsuit brought against the Ford Motor Company by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the company announced yesterday that it had reached a settlement to be finalized in the next ten days. The EEOC brought the case on behalf of three women formerly employed on Ford?s assembly lines, who were subjected to crude practical jokes involving various objects with sexual associations for almost three years while the management at their truck assembly plant ignored the problem. Ford has stated that it was satisfied with the settlement, and that the allegations did prompt serious action, but has not detailed those actions or acknowledged any wrongdoing in the matter.
See "Ford settles sexual harassment lawsuit brought by government on behalf of workers", the Associated Press, Detroit Free Press, February 13, 2002