Snack-shop chain sued over alleged racial discrimination in hiring of Black, mixed-race and Native American employees

Fortune— The privately held, family-run company has more than 23,000 employees and operates convenience stores and gas stations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio and North Carolina.

Black Enterprise—Kanye West Sued For Discrimination Against Black Employees. Kanye West faces a lawsuit by a former security guard for wrongful termination that also alleges discrimination against Black employees.

Reading Eagle—Sheetz accused by feds of racial discrimination in hiring. Sheetz discriminated against Black, Native American and multiracial job seekers by automatically weeding out applicants whom the company deemed to have failed a criminal background check, according to U.S. officials.

CNN—Sheetz accused of racial discrimination in its hiring process. A federal agency accused a popular gas station chain of discriminating against Black, Native American and multiracial applicants in its hiring practices. The Sheetz criminal screening process disproportionately screened out applicants from those legally protected groups, the lawsuit announced by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday alleged. The gas station chain screens and rejects applicants who have criminal records, the EEOC said. Those employment practices violate Title...