Bakery Workers Awarded $11 Mil

Tue., Aug. 1, 2000

From Staff

A jury decided Monday that the nation’s largest wholesale baker discriminated against 21 black workers, awarding them $11 million in damages.

Interstate Bakeries Corp., the Kansas City, Mo.-based company that produces Wonder Bread, Twinkies, Home Pride and Hostess Cupcakes, said it would appeal the verdict reached by a San Francisco County jury.

“We are disappointed with today’s verdicts. This was a long and complex trial with many witnesses and many hours of testimony,” company lawyer Kathleen Maylin said Monday.

All the employees filing suit worked at the company’s San Francisco Hostess bakery.

The company runs a Spokane subsidiary at 803 N. Post.

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