U.S. Mint worker reportedly left noose for black colleague
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, July 07, 2017 07:19 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, July 07, 2017 07:23 AM EDT
PHILADELPHIA — An employee at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia has been placed on administrative leave after a noose was found on the chair of an African-American colleague.
The president of the mint workers union says the unidentified employee created the noose with rope used to seal coin bags once they’re full. Around 3 p.m. June 28, the white male coin maker walked across the factory floor with the noose in hand.
Surveillance video captured the entire activity, including the employee’s actions. Many African-American workers called and texted the union president the next day, and the U.S. Treasury Department’s inspector general launched an internal investigation.
A Treasury spokesman says the department has “absolutely zero tolerance for the kind of misconduct reported at the mint.”
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, July 07, 2017 07:19 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, July 07, 2017 07:23 AM EDT
PHILADELPHIA — An employee at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia has been placed on administrative leave after a noose was found on the chair of an African-American colleague.
The president of the mint workers union says the unidentified employee created the noose with rope used to seal coin bags once they’re full. Around 3 p.m. June 28, the white male coin maker walked across the factory floor with the noose in hand.
Surveillance video captured the entire activity, including the employee’s actions. Many African-American workers called and texted the union president the next day, and the U.S. Treasury Department’s inspector general launched an internal investigation.
A Treasury spokesman says the department has “absolutely zero tolerance for the kind of misconduct reported at the mint.”
U.S. Mint worker reportedly left noose for black colleague | World | News | Toro