EEOC Files Lawsuit Against Sheetz for Discriminatory Hiring [Video]

Popular gas station convenience store chain, Sheetz is in hot water after federal officials slapped them with a racial discrimination lawsuit, and the details are seriously worth unpacking.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against the massive chain in Baltimore. The company is based in Altoona, Pennsylvania, but operates 600 locations across six different states, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and North Carolina.

The interesting part about the case is that the EEOC is alleging Sheetz discriminated against minority applicants. According to the government, Sheetz used a practice of screening all job applicants for criminal convictions. “The EEOC charges that Sheetz’s hiring practices disproportionately screened out Black, Native American/Alaska Native and multiracial applicants,” they wrote.

The EEOC isn’t accusing the …