Boeing seeks racist hiring policy for security needs
The move is being opposed by Queensland’s Anti-Discrimination Commissioner.
The firm, which is based in Seattle but has operations worldwide, says it has to exclude some nationalities in order to comply with US security regulations.
It was “reluctantly” seeking the exemption from the Anti-Discrimination tribunal.
The countries banned by the US Government are Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Burma, China, Liberia, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Lebanon, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Somalia.
“We would not be doing this unless we absolutely had to,” said Boeing spokesman Ken Moreton. “It’s a question of complying and getting the work or not complying and not getting the work.”
The restrictions on who could work on US military equipment were introduced after the 2001 terrorist attacks and Boeing is applying to renew an exemption already in place.
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Boeing seeks racist hiring policy for security needs
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