March 19, 2004

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  Workers Suing Over Man in See-Through Shorts

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Fri Mar 19, 7:35 AM ET

  
  

  
  

  SANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - Former employees of Whole Foods Market have sued the natural foods supermarket operator, saying it did not take proper action to prevent a male customer from parading through a Santa Fe store wearing white, see-through biking shorts with no underwear.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Maria Bautista and seven other plaintiffs are suing under New Mexico's Human Rights Act, saying the store fostered an environment of discrimination and sexual harassment that caused them emotional distress.
  

  They also claim the store ignored their complaints about a middle-aged man in the see-through, body-hugging shorts and fired one of them in retaliation for her complaint. They claim the man was not escorted out of the store even though the employees asked managers to act.
  

   

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