Class Complaint Report Archive - Spencer, et al., v. USDA
DATE       CONTENTSNo.
October 11, 2005 30
July 19, 2005
  • EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION DISMISSES SPENCER I CLASS COMPLAINT
  • DESCRIPTION OF THE SPENCER I CLASS COMPLAINT
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June 28, 2005
  • EEOC Decision on Class Certification/Dismissal Delayed.
  • Alaska African American Forest Service Employee Retiring.
  • Blacks In Government (B.I.G.), August, 2005, Orlando, Florida.
  • Forest Service Celebrate it's Centennial --- 100 Years of De Facto Segregation.
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May 16, 2005
  • Certification Brief for Forest Service Submitted to EEOC
  • Class Complaint Focus on the Forest Service
  • Forest Service Black Class Complaint of 1985
  • Departure of First Female African American Forester
  • April, 2005 Forest Service Representation Data
  • New Web Site and Email Address for Spencer Class is www.xusda.com and spencer@xusda.com.
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March 9, 2005
  • USDA EEO Complaint Processing Challenge --- Innovative Action Needed.
  • New Web Site Address for Spencer Class --- http://www.xusda.com.
  • New Email Address for Spencer Class is spencer@xusda.com.
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February 24, 2005
  • Forest Service African American Employment Situation
  • Lead Agent Change of Duty Station
  • Redefinition of the 1999 Spencer I USDA-Wide African American Class
  • Coalition of Minority Employees Resigns from all Spencer Class Complaints
25
November 21, 2004
  • Status of Forest Service African American Class Complaint (Spencer III)
  • Which is Which --- Spencer I and Spencer III
  • The Workplace Fairness Organization
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August 5, 2004
  • Redefinition of the 1999 USDA-Wide African American Class to Focus Solely on the Forest Service
  • Status of the 2003 Forest Service African American Class Complaint.
  • Impact of A76 Outsourcing on Forest Service African American Representation
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March 14, 2004
  • The USDA (Department Wide) African American Class Honors its Membership on its 4th Anniversary.
  • The African American USDA-Forest Service Under Representation Class Complaint Receives Official Acknowledgement and Standing
  • Notice Served to Amend the African American USDA (Department Wide) Class and Limit it to the Forest Service
  • Adverse Impact of A76 Outsourcing (Contracting Out) on Forest Service African American Representation
22
11/04/2003
  • Congresswoman Maxine Waters and other Congressional Representatives Revisits Civil Rights at USDA
  • USDA Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights Accomplishes Two Historically Significant Actions in California
  • USDA Engages in Communications with Spencer, et al., v. USDA Class Complaints. Commits to further discussions.
21
9/29/2003
  • Redefinition of the May 13, 1999 Spencer, et al., v. Veneman
  • September 4, 2003 Forest Service Class Complaint
  • Brief History of 1985 Forest Service Class Complaint
20
August 10, 2003
  • Former Assistant Secretary for Administration, Lou Gallegos, Speaks Up.
  • A Tale of Two Women at the Scarlet Plantation
  • USDA's Rural Development Subcomponent Ignores Disabled Customer
  • Secrecy Surrounding USDA's Numerous and Myriad Class Complaints
  • Spencer, et al., v. USDA Class Complaint
  • African American Under Representation Class Complaint (Forest Service)
  • USDA Resubmits Reed v. USDA Class Complaint to EEOC
19
May 24, 2003
  • Potential Redefinition of the Spencer class – Agents/Volunteers Needed.
  • USDA's Largest de facto Racially Segregated Subcomponent - The Forest Service.
  • Office of General Counsel Behaving Badly
  • USDA Coalition of Minority Employees April 13-18, 2003, Washington, DC Action.
  • Status of Reed v. Veneman Class Complaint
  • Reminder - Volunteer Agents Needed to Represent USDA Subcomponents
18
March 9, 2003
  • EEOC Review of USDA Office of Civil Rights and Office of General Counsel - Does the Opposite of Original Intents
  • Attorney for Black Farmers (BFAA) Contemplates Suit on Behalf of USDA Employees and Customers.
  • New Administrative Dispute Resolution Complaint Filed Against USDA
  • Status of Reed Class (Disparate Treatment in Holding up African American Complaints)
  • Status of Spencer Class (African American Employment Complaint Against USDA)
17
January 1, 2003
  • Recent Spencer, et al., v. USDA Class Complaint Events.
  • Class Agents Teleconference
  • Potential Subdividing/Redefining the Class-Additional Agents Needed
  • Status of Reed, et al., v. USDA.
  • USDA Letters and Other Documents
16
October 16, 2002
  • Status of Spencer, et al., v. USDA Class Complaint
  • USDA offers Apology for holding up in abeyance African American complaints.
  • USDA's will to evade
  • New Tracking/Compliance number for the Spencer, et al., v. USDA class complaint
  • Missing Persons
15
September 17, 2002
  • USDA at Blacks In Government annual training conference
  • Status of Spencer, et al., v. USDA Class Complaint
  • USDA Conduct at B.I.G - Absence of Equal Time to Respond to USDA
  • USDA's Biased Use of Statistics
  • Manifest Absence and Disparate state and condition of African Americans in USDA
  • "What is USDA?" --- Fourth Installment: A study of intentional discrimination in the private sector.
14
July 14, 2002
  • Status of Spencer, et al., v. USDA Class Complaint
  • USDA Coalition of Minority Employees Support for Class and Individual Complaints
  • Brionez, et al., v. USDA (Forest Service, California) Settlement Agreement
  • National Black Farmers and Agriculturists Struggle with USDA
  • Federal Employees Against Discrimination Battle with EEOC
  • "What is USDA?" --- Third Installment: USDA Mission Statements
13
May 18, 2002
  • Status of Spencer, et al., v. USDA Class Complaint
  • Request for Information - Agency "Mission Oriented" Occupations
  • Status of Reed, et al., v. USDA Class
  • What is USDA? 
12
May 5, 2002
  • Status of Spencer, et al., v. USDA
  • USDA still trying to hold African American EEO complaints in abeyance
  • April 11, 2002 Class Agents Teleconference
  • What is USDA???
  • Proposed Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights --- 2002 Farm Bill (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002) Equity Provisions.
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February 5, 2002
  • Demand that all EEO complaints decided in favor of the agency over the past several years be reviewed, analyzed, and amended as warranted with participation from complainants, complainant's peers, neutral parties, and forensic analysts
  • Appointment of an Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
  • Do nothing. Let the Office of Civil Rights, Office of General Council, and Office of Human Resource officials use the money to promote and award themselves, their friends, and their relatives; use what's left for adversarial action against employee's with complaints
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September 17, 2001 September 17, 2001 9
September 3, 2001 September 3, 20018
August 28, 2001 August 28, 20017
March 6, 2001 March 6, 20016
August 28, 2000 August 28, 20005
July 30, 2000 July 30, 20004
July 23, 2000 July 23, 20003
July 9, 2000 July 9, 20002
June 4, 2000 June 4, 20001