Crib Sheet: Equal Rights at Work Understanding the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. Crib Sheet, Keith White,
University of Virginia, Nov. 13, 2006 Understanding the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. By Keith White, University of
Virginia Though virtually unknown to the general public, the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is America’s
premier civil rights crusader against workplace discrimination
based on race, gender, age, or disability. For 40 years the EEOC
has responded to employee accusations of workplace
discrimination, working to ensure that all Americans work in a
fair and prejudice-free work environment. And it has done this
while facing chronic under-funding and staggering public demand.
Take a look at this small sampling of successful EEOC action
against civil rights violations in the workplace: - 2006: An
employee of a federally contracted janitorial service was
awarded $190,000 after being sexually harassed and then fired
after making a complaint. - 1999: A mentally re