All workers, regardless of their race or national origin, should be treated equally in the workplace. Latino employees at Quietflex Manufacturing Company, a Houston based company that manufactures air conditioning ducts, claimed they were not treated equally. Instead, they were segregated in a department with the harshest work conditions, denied transfers, limited in their opportunities for advancement, and paid at substantially lower rates than non-Latino workers. Other workers held similarly-skilled positions in other departments with more favorable working conditions. The Latino workers asserted they were segregated in the workplace based on their inability to speak English and communicate with the supervisors in other departments.
