LAWSUIT ACCUSES RALPHS OF BIAS AGAINST OLDER MEN.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Eight former senior managers have sued Ralphs Grocery Co. for more than $15 million, alleging that the company kept them aboard to help it merge with another grocery chain, then fired them and hired younger, less experienced workers. The plaintiffs, who are all men 45 to 64, allege To state, recite, assert, or charge the existence of particular facts in a Pleading or an indictment; to make an allegation. allege v. sex and age discrimination. They say they were replaced by women, all younger. The lawsuit also claims fraud, deceit Deceit Aimwell pretends to be titled to wed into wealth. [Br. Lit.: The Beaux’ Stratagem] Ananias lies about amount of money received for land. [N.T.: Acts 5:1–6] Ananias Club all its members are liars. [Am. and wrongful termination wrongful termination n. a right of an employee to sue his/her employer for damages (loss of wage and "fringe" benefits, and, if against "public policy," for punitive damages). . The men, who each had at least 18 years with the company, were laid off in May 1996, about 11 months after Ralphs merged with Food 4 Less Supermarkets, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the suit. Ralphs laid off more than 1,000 of its 26,000 workers workers and closed more than 50 stores after the $1.5 billion merger between the two companies in June 1995. The male executives claim they were assured for months that they would keep their jobs and that Ralphs executives would run the combined chain. Ralphs was purchased by Yucaipa Cos., which owned Food 4 Less. The combined company was named Ralphs Grocery Co. Tim Ryan
Timothy J. "Tim" Ryan (born July 16, 1973) is an American member of the Democratic Party, who is a U.S. representative for the 17th district of Ohio, serving since 2003. , a lawyer for Ralphs, said, ``All of senior management had high hopes and high expectations that they'd be the group running the new company, and it didn't work out that way for everyone.'' The plaintiffs said they were told their positions were being eliminated. Instead, they claim, they were replaced by younger, less experienced workers. According to the lawsuit, one former manager was told he was too old for his job, and other top executives made a statement that ``we have to keep our young bucks happy.'' |
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