24 Hour Fitness Hit With Discrimination Suit -- Again

• For anyone who doubts the suit, google Reggie Allison and Paul Drabot Willie Brown toolk the case and was shocked at what happened in our lovely Bay Area! Former district managers who by the way are white males. They complained about the racist jokes at San Ramon Headquarters, not being able to promote minorities, hire gays etc. When they complained to HR , they were demoted and later terminated, hence came the wrongful termination lawsuit. I personally heard racist remarks about African Americans from RVP. In the complaint he physically was grabbed by the same RVP, complained to HR, he received a performance plan right after ! Dont know what area Freedom 40 is, but in my area (M(Bay Area) their are only 2 African American Club Managers, both 1st for their clubs and both are part of the lawsuit !!! Correct that company hired 1 more Club Manager (African American)after the complaint was made approx. 1 year ago ! Dont know him ! I am not African American, but I feel bad for what they went experienced, as well as all femaled and rest of minorities, Equal Equality for all !

• I am an African-American female who has been with 24hour fitness for over 6 years and I must say that this suit sickens me. Since the new CEO has come in about 4 years ago this has been one of the best places I have ever worked. There is opportunity for any one of any race or sex to grow if they are qualified to do the job. I have NEVER felt or seen any discrimination of any type condoned by this company especially in the last 4 years. Of course, there have been those who may be racist or sexist but I have seen them terminated! Those that are complaining, may be complaining because they are not qualified to be managers. Just because you can sell, doesn't mean that you have leadership qualities and the ability of manage others. When I first came to this company there were lots of managers of every race who ran off good employees because of their lack of people skills. I would hazard to guess that this MAY be the case for those involved in this suit. Especially since my last two club managers, my current club manager, and my current district manager are all African Americans!

• Discrimination is rampart these days in the workplace. This is not the first lawsuit for 24 Hour Fitness so apparently there is a problem in hiring practices. I surely hope that justice will be served for all employees.

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