Texaco Race Discrimination Case
Texaco is the name of an American oil retail brand; it is strong in the United States, Latin America, West Africa and Europe. Its flagship product is its fuel. It began as the Texas Fuel Company, founded in 1901 in Beaumont, Texas by Joseph S. Cullinan, Thomas J. Donoghue, Walter Benona Sharp and Arnold Schlaet when they discovered oil in Spindletop. In 1928, Texaco became the first U.S. oil company to sell its gasoline nationwide less than one single brand name in all fifty states. In 2001, Texaco merged with Chevron and began opening up gas stations in July of 2006 (Eichenwald, 2004).
In 1991, Mary Devorce, an African American accountant for Texaco, filed a complaint with the government. Her complaint stated that she had been subjected to racism at Texaco. Michael Moccio, a manager for Texaco in the Denver office assured Mary Devorce that her job was safe. He told her that she would be treated fairly, so he offered her new duties within the company and removed her from the situation where she felt she was being treated unfairly. Discussing the matter with Jim Woolly his boss in the Houston office, he could tell that his boss was unimpressed with the way he had handled the situation. According to a sworn affidavit by Michael Moccio, Jim Woolly stated that “I would have fire her black ass,” Michael Moccio responded that you can not dismiss someone for contending that she was a victim of racism. “I guess we treat niggers differently down here,” Mr. Woolly replied (The New York Times, 2008).
In 1994, Charlayne Hunter –Gault, Bari Roberts, Veronica Shinault, and three other African American employees filed a lawsuit against Texaco ac ...