Lordstown worker's lawsuit alleges racial, sexual bias

WARREN -- A tool and die worker at the General Motors Lordstown Assembly Plant is suing GM and the plant manager, accusing them of racial and sexual discrimination.
In a lawsuit filed in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court, Glenda D. Perez, who identifies herself as a black woman, claims the plant management did little to shield her from "the most outrageous and intolerable discrimination" on the basis of race and sex.
A spokesman for Lordstown and Perez's attorney, Raymond J. Masek, could not be reached.
In the lawsuit, Perez says that co-workers have continually hung signs proclaiming white supremacy around her work station. Last year, a work glove was stuffed full and hung by a hangman's noose at face level over her work station, the lawsuit says.
She also alleges in the lawsuit that she was subjected to sexual taunts.
Perez, of 1007 Orlo St. N.W., Warren, says she has suffered lost wages, severe emotional distress, humiliation and intense fear over workplace violence. She is asking for $25,000 compensation and $10 million in punitive damages.