{"id":53343,"date":"2015-06-26T16:09:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T08:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=53343"},"modified":"2015-06-26T16:23:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T08:23:12","slug":"ousted-american-apparel-ceo-allegedly-called-filipinos-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/26\/ousted-american-apparel-ceo-allegedly-called-filipinos-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ousted American Apparel CEO allegedly called Filipinos \u2018pigs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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American Apparel ousted CEO and founder Dov Charney (Photo from Flickr\/dovcharney)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 American Apparel founder Dov Charney, who was ousted from his position as CEO, purportedly referred to his Filipino employees as \u2018pigs.\u2019<\/p>\n

After being fired from \u2018his own company\u2019 over a year ago, Charney filed a defamation lawsuit, questioning the legalities of him being overthrown when he was the one who conceived the clothing company.<\/p>\n

American Apparel then sent documents to the court detailing evidences on how Charney was no longer fit for the position. In the papers, he had been criticized for his abusive behavior, misuse of funds and sexual harassment on models and workers.<\/p>\n

Also included in the documents are instances when he violated the company\u2019s anti-discrimination policy by allegedly discriminating his Filipino employees with insults such as calling them, \u2018Filipino pigs\u2026 with your faces in the trough.\u2019 He also reported told them that he was their \u2018Ferdinand Marcos\u2019 so they should follow his every command.<\/p>\n

Even the clothing company itself has launched racist campaigns, such as the \u201cMade in Bangladesh\u201d ads. Charney had been with the company for almost 25 years.<\/p>\n

After learning about Charney\u2019s derogatory statements, Filipino-American group West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service Center has then considered filing a class action suit against the ousted CEO in behalf of the discriminated Filipino employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Filipinos allow attacks like this, racial profiling attacks, to go unanswered, then it\u2019s open season on other Filipino workers. So if we set the stage here and say there will be consequences to what you said about Filipinos, then that\u2019s a shout across the board to other employers,\u201d West Bay legal counsel Rodel Rodis said in an ABS-CBN report.<\/p>\n

The Filipino-American group also urged Filipinos to boycott American Apparel products until the company reaches out to them.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot continue now without consulting our community on how to do your best practices. We need input. This is one of the ways that you can make amends. So, come here to San Francisco. We\u2019ll meet you,\u201d West Bay executive director Vivian Zalvidea Araullo said in the same report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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