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Coca-Cola Bottler Sued Over Women-Only Networking Event
Forbes ^ | 2/25/2026 | Kim Elsesser

Posted on 04/03/2026 6:02:07 PM PDT by simpson96

The EEOC announced a federal lawsuit against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast last week. They say the company discriminated against men when it planned a two-day networking trip for women employees only.(snip)

According to the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire, about 250 female employees attended the event, which was held at the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in Connecticut. “Coca-Cola Northeast privately invited female employees and then excused the female employees who attended the event from their normal work duties on Sept. 10 and 11, 2024, and paid them their normal salary or wages without requiring them to use vacation or other paid time off,” the EEOC stated in a press release. The company did not invite any male employees to the event.(snip)

A male production employee at the company filed the lawsuit, and the EEOC complaint argues that he and other male employees would have attended the event if the company had invited them.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: femalesexism; femalesexists

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1 posted on 04/03/2026 6:02:07 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

My soon to be former company does mess like this all the time.


2 posted on 04/03/2026 6:05:10 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: simpson96

Clear-cut systemic sexual discrimination.


3 posted on 04/03/2026 6:05:35 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: simpson96

How do they know which employees are women?


4 posted on 04/03/2026 6:11:27 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: simpson96

If males can’t have male only events then women DEFINITELY ARE NOT going to have their women only events.

Is this petty? Your damn right it is!!!!


5 posted on 04/03/2026 6:11:49 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: ealgeone; Mariner

The responsible party?

Here's the only female on the "Executive Team" at Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast. Susannah Smith, Vice President of Public Affairs & Communications since 2021.

6 posted on 04/03/2026 6:12:30 PM PDT by simpson96
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A.W.F.U.L.s


7 posted on 04/03/2026 6:29:05 PM PDT by Az Joe (Iran is the Great Satan - Destroy it)
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To: ArcadeQuarters

They have a nonbinary, H1B-of-color, biologist on staff.


8 posted on 04/03/2026 6:32:16 PM PDT by Repeat Offender
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To: simpson96

All Coke has to do is to begin offering the same thing, but for men. It’s not hard to figure out, unless you just get a special kick out of throwing events that shut their doors to men.


9 posted on 04/03/2026 7:12:22 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: simpson96
No surprise that Woke-a-cola is sexist as well as racist.



10 posted on 04/03/2026 7:35:30 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: simpson96

What’s good for the gander is also good for the goose!


11 posted on 04/03/2026 7:41:52 PM PDT by Svartalfiar (-)
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To: simpson96

Surprised that the woke coke AWFL isn’t wearing a pair of those big, ole black rimmed glasses they like to wear....you know, just to look smart and all.....LMAO.


12 posted on 04/03/2026 8:01:47 PM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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The men need to demand a males-only retreat.


13 posted on 04/03/2026 8:33:31 PM PDT by TXBlair (Temp tagline: Je suis Charlie. 9.10.25 May the good Lord receive and embrace you, Mr. Kirk.)
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The broad needs to have her a$$ fired.


14 posted on 04/03/2026 9:34:42 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Charlie Kirk's assassination / murder was our Fort Sumter moment. But only one side is fighting.)
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To: simpson96
I guess that means that they're going to be criticized for their all-expenses-paid "Non-Whites-Only" conference, too?

Regards,

15 posted on 04/04/2026 1:10:03 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: simpson96

Employment site Indeed currently has an irritating TV commercial running.

The Chief Technology Officer is a bumbling, incompetent white guy (of course). The CEO(?) is a black female (most likely lesbian) who says they need a new Chief Technology Officer while her female assistant nods in approval.

Try to cancel your account without entering your phone number - good luck!


16 posted on 04/04/2026 2:06:48 AM PDT by utax
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To: lgjhn23

The big glasses hides wrinkles.


17 posted on 04/04/2026 3:39:31 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: simpson96

Check this out...

https://www.cokenortheast.com/whoweare

Nuff said, eh?


18 posted on 04/04/2026 5:20:48 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: simpson96

Is “networking” another word for “fornicating” these days? That’s the only reason I can think of for excluding men from an event that supposedly further careers...


19 posted on 04/04/2026 5:36:15 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: TXBlair
The men need to demand a males-only retreat.

No ... females need to be excluded from the workplace ... they've totally ruined it ...
20 posted on 04/04/2026 5:43:55 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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