Famous NYC restaurant is racist, sexist - and coming to San Francisco!
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Central Park's famous Tavern on the Green Restaurant has just offered a $2.2 million settlement to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed last fall by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. What were they guilty of, you ask?
"In a news release announcing the settlement, the commission said on Monday that Tavern on the Green had 'engaged in severe and pervasive sexual, racial and national origin harassment of female, black and Hispanic employees.'
"The federal commission said the sexual harassment had included graphic comments and demands for sexual acts, as well as groping of women’s buttocks and breasts.
"When the commission filed the lawsuit last September, it also said a top manager had engaged in severe harassment of black employees and had harassed Hispanic employees, sometimes addressing them as 'ignorant immigrants' and ridiculing their accents.
"Moreover, the commission said the restaurant had retaliated against employees for refusing to consent to the harassment or for objecting to it."
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"When the E.E.O.C. filed the case last September, it asserted that the restaurant — not just one manager — was guilty of sexual harassment because it 'knew or should have known of the severe and pervasive harassment, yet failed to exercise reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly the harassing behavior.'"
And now the very same restaurant is scheduled to open a San Francisco branch in summer 2009. Tavern on the Green will take over the top floor of Yerba Buena's Metreon, making it the city's largest restaurant. Is this the type of establishment San Franciscans want in their city? My guess is no.
"In a news release announcing the settlement, the commission said on Monday that Tavern on the Green had 'engaged in severe and pervasive sexual, racial and national origin harassment of female, black and Hispanic employees.'
"The federal commission said the sexual harassment had included graphic comments and demands for sexual acts, as well as groping of women’s buttocks and breasts.
"When the commission filed the lawsuit last September, it also said a top manager had engaged in severe harassment of black employees and had harassed Hispanic employees, sometimes addressing them as 'ignorant immigrants' and ridiculing their accents.
"Moreover, the commission said the restaurant had retaliated against employees for refusing to consent to the harassment or for objecting to it."
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"When the E.E.O.C. filed the case last September, it asserted that the restaurant — not just one manager — was guilty of sexual harassment because it 'knew or should have known of the severe and pervasive harassment, yet failed to exercise reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly the harassing behavior.'"
And now the very same restaurant is scheduled to open a San Francisco branch in summer 2009. Tavern on the Green will take over the top floor of Yerba Buena's Metreon, making it the city's largest restaurant. Is this the type of establishment San Franciscans want in their city? My guess is no.
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- fountaingoats
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N.Y.'s famed Tavern On The Green to open S.F.'s biggest restaurant
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- fountaingoats
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Behold the sickening result of the Lou Dobbs school of immigration policy. In how many places are abusive employers like this one tolerated out of fear of brutal treatment in the hands of the government?
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Wow, they weren't content with mere racism, they had to toss in sexual harassment, huh?
It's interesting that the offenses were so egregious that the restaurant was named liable, not simply the individuals responsible for the behavior. I've long felt that corporate responsibility has been overlooked of late, so seeing that Tavern on the Green is being held responsible is reassuring.
As for their arrival in SF, I'm surprised this isn't being discussed yet on a local level.
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