Discrimination Charges Filed Against Clear Channel

A lawsuit filed by former and current employees at Clear Channel Media Holdings Inc. in Jacksonville is alleging various forms of discrimination, including racial, according to the Jacksonville Business Journal.

Two lawsuits were filed by Arnold Gaines on behalf of four current and former employees, alleging the employees were discriminated against based on their race, gender and age.

Clear Channel declined comment.

In one lawsuit, Nancy Crocker alleges she lost more than 15 accounts to other employees who were either male or younger females. The suit gives two specific examples and in each case the other employee was not more qualified or had more tenure than Crocker.

Crocker’s suit also alleges that The Boselli Foundation account was taken from her. The reason she was given, by Alan Fish, director of sales at the time, was “the client preferred working with cute 25-year-old females and not [Crocker].”

The second suit alleges Angela Myhand, Monique Blue and Jessica Downs faced racial and gender discrimination, as well as retaliation. The three women were employed by Clear Channel for eight, nine and six years, respectively.

Blue is still employed at Clear Channel.

The second suit alleges Clear Channel “continuously and systematically removed large commission accounts from the women and distributed the accounts to Caucasian and/or male employees — resulting in the losses of commissions and income.” It also says the women were equally or better qualified than the employees who received their accounts.

The second suit also alleges listening devices were installed by Clear Channel on the women’s phones after or about the initial filing of discrimination charges with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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