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Civil Rights

Sep. 20, 2023

NASA firefighters claim age, race, religion, union biases

The two men were targeted because they were both over 50, complained about ongoing illegal practices, tried to form a union and were discriminated against, said Chambord Benton-Hayes of Benton Employment Law.

Two former fire battalion chiefs have sued NASA and its subcontractors claiming they were discriminated against on the basis of race, age and religion as well as trying to form a union. After more than 28 years of service, they said, they were fired from their jobs at Moffett Federal Airfield in Santa Clara County and told they were no longer qualified because they had not met a new requirement for an associate degree in fire science.

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