Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. Criticized in Federal Report. (Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: March 7, 1994| Author: Levander, Michelle | Copyright information

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Mar. 7--Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., which in recent years has faced a barrage of bias lawsuits, has discriminated against 109 minority job applicants and failed to meet a broad range of affirmative action obligations, according to a preliminary federal investigative report.

The finding by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, now being circulated by disgruntled employees throughout the Sunnyvale, Calif., plant, could become a multimillion-d...

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