AutoZone Sued for Firing Everett Sikh

September 29, 2010

Author: Jerry Kronenberg

Source: The Boston Herald

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20100929autozone_sued_for_firing_everett_sikh/

Federal officials claim AutoZone illegally fired an Everett worker who converted to Sikhism - and did little to stop supervisors and customers from calling the man “bin Laden” and “terrorist” once he began wearing a turban.

 

The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission yesterday sued Memphis-based AutoZone on behalf of Frank Mahoney Burroughs, a salesman allegedly fired after some three years working at the chain’s Everett store.