
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with(被委以…的任务) enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws, has found that Cisco, the global tech company, probably violated(违反(法律、权利等)) the civil rights(公民权利) of Middle Eastern, Muslim and other company employees.
美国平等就业机会委员会(EEOC)是负责执行联邦反歧视法律的机构,该机构认定,全球科技公司思科可能侵犯了中东裔、穆斯林及其他员工的公民权利。
The determination((官方)决定,裁定), reached earlier this summer and first reported by Politico Pro, is believed to be the first by the federal agency finding a major company at fault(有过错,应负责任) in connection to(与…有关) pro-Palestinian advocacy that swept(席卷,蔓延) campuses and workplaces in recent years.
这一认定于今年夏初作出,最早由Politico Pro报道,据信是联邦机构首次认定大公司在与近年来席卷校园和职场的亲巴勒斯坦倡导活动相关的事件中存在过错。
Complaints filed(提交(正式文件)) by employees in December 2024 detailed how, following the 7 October 2023 attacks in Israel, a Cisco internal communications platform was filled with racist and Islamophobic(仇视伊斯兰教的) messages, which escalated(升级,加剧) after more than 1,700 employees signed a public letter challenging the tech giant’s ties to(与…的联系(关系)) the Israeli government. The posts celebrated(庆祝,赞颂) the killings of Palestinian civilians, called them animals, and targeted individual Cisco employees who had spoken up for(为…发声,辩护) Palestinian rights.
员工于2024年12月提交的投诉详细描述了在2023年10月7日以色列遭袭后,思科内部通讯平台充斥着种族主义和仇视伊斯兰教的言论,这些言论在1700多名员工签署公开信质疑该科技巨头与以色列政府的关系后进一步升级。这些帖子庆祝巴勒斯坦平民被杀,称他们为动物,并针对那些为巴勒斯坦权利发声的思科员工个人。