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Immigrants say they were fired because of their race
A group of West African men who came to the U.S. Rockies in search of economic opportunity are embroiled in a dispute with Walmart Stores, accusing it of a raft of discriminatory actions. Most say they were dismissed because supervisors wanted to give their jobs to local people in need of work.
In January 2009, six complainants said, a new manager at the Avon store called a meeting of workers - virtually all West African - and said: "I don't like some of the faces I see here. There are people in Eagle County (Colorado) who need jobs."
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