The teachers and support staff union at a small Lansing school district agreed to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the department announced in a news release.

The Sunnybrook Educational Association agreed to pay District 171 custodian Eugene Johnson $110,000 after Johnson alleged the union discriminated against him when it contested his promotion to head custodian in November 2018.

The union also agreed to send district officials a letter stating that if Johnson was up for a promotion in the future, the union would not grieve the promotion, according to the consent decree filed in the U.S. District Court.

Within 60 days of this school year, the union leaders must complete a training on Title VII, including how to fairly re

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