Trans worker sues Nike for $1 million

[Lion Heart 15,041]

A transgender former Nike contractor is seeking $1.1 million in damages from the sporting goods giant for allegedly allowing gender identity-based harassment. 

According to a civil lawsuit filed this week, Nike and Mainz Brady Group, a staffing firm that hired workers for Nike, discriminated against computer engineer Jazz Lyles, who identifies as transmasculine and prefers the pronouns they/them/their. The complaint was filed with Multnomah Circuit Court in Oregon. 

During Lyles' tenure at Nike — from May 2017 to September 2018 — the engineer was repeatedly "misgendered" by coworkers, the complaint said. While Lyles notified management about the issue multiple times, the companies allegedly failed to implement any policies, procedures and trainings around the use of gender pronouns in the workplace.

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Nike allegedly fostered a "boys-club 'jock mentality'" work culture that was hostile to people who do not fit gender stereotypes, which the complaint said is contrary to the progressive reputation the sporting goods company enjoys with the public. In its "Be True" campaign, Nike hired transgender athletes to promote athletic wear like hoodies and sneakers.

The suit alleged that placing the burden on Lyles to educate colleagues about gender identity caused tension between the engineer and coworkers, who allegedly called Lyles "stupid" and "unstable." One colleague allegedly said, "I know I'm not supposed to call you 'she-male.'" Another coworker allegedly chose not to interact with the plaintiff. Still another colleague allegedly said she would not use Lyles' gender pronouns for religious reasons. 

Full story:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nike-transgender-former-contractor-sues-nike-for-1-1-million-for-alleged-misgendering/

[LilMonst3r 5,681]

Oop well time for change. That is an important rule to pass, misgendering people in the workplace can get bad when people want to show disrespect. If there is no rule in place they will get away with it. 

[KingRedd 3,139]

This is one of those tricky situations where the best way to go about it is getting the story out and backlash will hit. I doubt they will win but they can definitely get a win by just outing the behavior in general. Unfortunately this sort of thing happens and idk how it could get fixed if people own businesses and can’t be exactly told to use pronouns that someone wants. 

[Economy 52,851]

5 minutes ago, KingRedd said:

This is one of those tricky situations where the best way to go about it is getting the story out and backlash will hit. I doubt they will win but they can definitely get a win by just outing the behavior in general. Unfortunately this sort of thing happens and idk how it could get fixed if people own businesses and can’t be exactly told to use pronouns that someone wants. 

Yeah it's complicated... But companies sometimes can try to do more even tho they can't control every word of every employee in management

 

$1.1 Million in damages tho. This reminds me of the very high lawsuit for the bakery that didn't wanna give the lesbian couple their cake

 

I'm not sure such out of proportion lawsuit amounts help the imagine of the LGBT community cuz situations like this end up looking very much like they were being opportunistic of the situation for self gain

 

This is literally over 20 years of my income they is trying to get

[Azor Ahai 18,861]

30 minutes ago, Lion Heart said:

Still another colleague allegedly said she would not use Lyles' gender pronouns for religious reasons. 

 

That's some dumb ****. When did Jesus say "don't call people what they want to be called"?

[Princess Diana 24,487]

Bunch of bull 1.1 million? Brush for what lmao if they used it for charity or trans rights funds I’m here for it tho.

[Adakam 2]

55 minutes ago, Economy said:

Yeah it's complicated... But companies sometimes can try to do more even tho they can't control every word of every employee in management

 

$1.1 Million in damages tho. This reminds me of the very high lawsuit for the bakery that didn't wanna give the lesbian couple their cake

 

I'm not sure such out of proportion lawsuit amounts help the imagine of the LGBT community cuz situations like this end up looking very much like they were being opportunistic of the situation for self gain

 

This is literally over 20 years of my income they is trying to get

Yep, im very uneducated on this subject, but how do and how can people come up with amounts like that? Shouldnt that stuff be determined by a judge or something like that? 

 

[Economy 52,851]

On 12/22/2019 at 2:39 AM, Adakam said:

Yep, im very uneducated on this subject, but how do and how can people come up with amounts like that? Shouldnt that stuff be determined by a judge or something like that? 

 

Yeah... A lawsuit that's supposed to compensate you for damages or discrimination and suffering u went thru I think should be proportional to what happened

 

We are not talking about someone who was severely beaten for their sexuality and left with severe wounds, we are not talking about someone who had their entire life ruined because of discrimination either

 

We are talking about someone who's pronoun preferences are not being respected and to me $1.1 Million in damages for that is absolutely rediculous. I think it deserves attention and perhaps even compensation if the court found sufficient evidence of mental harrassment but $1.1M seriously?

 

If everyone could sue like that for mild to moderate injustices the entire world economy would be just be about funding eachothers constant lawsuits. U couldn't buy a frekin orange at the store anymore without paying a 50% price premium to fund lawsuits that occur on a regular basis.

[PoshLife 17,019]

I still wear my Nike BeTrue sneakers, I love them even though they've long since worn out

They gotta do better by their employees, though - it's important that every employee feels safe at work and able to contribute to their full potential, and that includes ensuring a work environment that is inclusive. I think some company-wide sensitivity training is in order. Some of their employees clearly need it, but everyone could use a refresher.

[darkchylde 14,857]

honestly? get that coin! get them fired! **** those assholes! 

[IcePrincess 2,787]

Science:
- creating a new space drive
- developing a new medicine
- programs AI

New "science":
- new, useless feminatives
- new pronouns that cannot be created in some languages
- great noise, zero real actions

 

The company has a lot of great lawyers, I'm sure she won't win and she won't get that much money. A new way to earn money, pathetic. 

Let's go.

[Guest]

Honestly, i wouldve prolly forgotten to call 'they' cus it's not natural. Would I get sued?

[Queen Bitch 10,513]

1 hour ago, IcePrincess said:

Science:
- creating a new space drive
- developing a new medicine
- programs AI

New "science":
- new, useless feminatives
- new pronouns that cannot be created in some languages
- great noise, zero real actions

 

The company has a lot of great lawyers, I'm sure she won't win and she won't get that much money. A new way to earn money, pathetic. 

Let's go.

They* it's not that hard. 

[IcePrincess 2,787]

8 minutes ago, August3 said:

They* it's not that hard. 

I will be always writing it this way. In my native language there's no possible way to resolve that non-binary thing. And I don't agree with few of their (as a group) statements. I'm pro LGBT, but only LGBT. 

[Queen Bitch 10,513]

Just now, IcePrincess said:

I will be always writing it this way. In my native language there's no possible way to resolve that non-binary thing. And I don't agree with few of their (as a group) statements. I'm pro LGBT, but only LGBT. 

So you don't support pansexual, asexuals etc.? Also I hope you know that non-binary people belong under the Trans umbrella.