![]() In 2018, they reported, colleagues and their direct supervisors started to call them called them “Manuel labor” or “the brown crew.” Hutson testified that one coworker said they “worked for their white slave master.” Another coworker talked of admiring Adolf Hitler. The behavior they alleged to have seen and experienced in that department ranges from racist remarks fueled by local and national politics to physical threats and workplace double standards. The case was brought in 2021 by Ray Alanis, Isaiah Hutson and Elias Peña, three Latino men who work in the county department responsible for maintaining public assets like roads, sidewalks and parks. “Put simply, the county chose to endorse the abuse of Latino workers and a culture that allows it.” “No one should have to endure racial insults or discrimination from coworkers or supervisors, yet that is what Clark County is defending in court,” said Luis Lozada, a spokesperson for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a national Latino civil rights organization based in Los Angeles. Related: Latino Clark County workers file discrimination lawsuit, allege racism “on almost weekly basis” The case is as much about the county’s alleged indifference and failure to act as it is about the incidents, according to attorneys for the three men. Clark County officials declined to comment, citing the pending litigation.
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