EEOC Pauses Prison Harassment Cases | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Two federal prison correctional officers and a labor union are suing the EEOC after the agency abruptly paused their sexual harassment class-action case — part of a secret, sweeping order halting all federal-sector class claims. The women allege prison management failed to protect them from inmate harassment, including threats and unwanted touching, affecting potentially over 180 women. With no public explanation from the EEOC and no response from the Justice Department, plaintiffs’ attorneys argue the suspension violates workers’ rights and contradicts the agency’s stated commitment to fairness. The case, certified in March 2025, was halted in December — and the plaintiffs’ lawyers are also representing workers in at least five other stalled cases against agencies like the FBI and DoD. They’re now suing to overturn the suspension, arguing that going to federal court would mean starting over — and could take years. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/c87185af3dd28321