A Fairbanks school board candidate is alleging that Alyeska Pipeline Service Company discriminated against her based on her race, age and gender.

Chemetria “Sam” Spencer filed a lawsuit against the company and her former boss, Renier Swart, in U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska Wednesday.

Spencer is a 57-year-old Black woman. She worked for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company for 17 years after retiring from the U.S. Army as a captain in 2005. She is currently running for Seat C on the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education.

Spencer’s attorney, Oliver C. Mitchell Jr. of Pennsylvania, alleges that Alyeska and Swart subjected Spencer to a hostile work environment and treated her differently than non-Black, male and younger employees.

Spencer received “ex

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