Corporate Greed
Five ex-PPG employees claim age discrimination
PPG Industries Inc. is being sued by five former employees, each of whom claim they were fired for being too old and costly.
The paint, glass and chemical giant with headquarters Downtown faces a possible class-action suit filed Thursday in Pittsburgh's federal court. The company is accused of age discrimination, motivated in part by the perception that elderly employees are less aggressive than their younger counterparts and in part by a desire to stem escalating pension costs. More...
