A journeyman laborer who worked on Microsoft’s major Redmond, Wash., campus modernization project is suing the tech company as well as contractors Skanska and Balfour Beatty Construction over alleged racial discrimination he says took place on the job.

Quinte Harris was hired to work on the project through a Skanska-Balfour Beatty joint venture starting in the spring of 2021, according to a抱怨4月25日在华盛顿西部地区法院提交。在加入这项工作的一个月内，非裔美国人的哈里斯“意识到某些白人建筑特工的种族敌意”。

投诉说，第一次事件涉及另一个工人，他在没有邀请的情况下与哈里斯接触，并说他不喜欢黑人生活物质运动或一般黑人，尤其是当他们来自南方时。该工人补充说，他不是唯一一个感觉这种感觉的白人，而哈里斯或任何其他抱怨种族主义的非裔美国人工人会发现他们在危险中的工作。

Harris was “horrified and angered,” and also puzzled because he had not been discussing Black Lives Matter or anything related to racial politics. The “confrontation was based solely on Mr. Harris’s skin color and was intended solely to make Mr. Harris feel threatened, off-kilter, and unwelcomed,” his complaint states.

法院于6月22日向三家公司发出了传票，命令他们在21天内做出回应。Skanska-Balfour Beatty合资企业的发言人在一份声明中说，它意识到了诉讼，但“不相信这些索赔有任何事实依据”。

The joint venture “intends to vigorously defend itself and its people against the unsubstantiated allegations," the spokesman added. [Skanska-Balfour Beatty] does not tolerate the kind of behavior described in the complaint and is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and discrimination-free workplace.”

The suit further alleges that Harris was subject to more discrimination and retaliation after he reported the first incident, and others. The complaint describes Harris finding a handmade sign stating “this is not a safe space” on his work cart after a “safe from hate” training session, and Harris repeatedly having his tools stolen. The workers Harris reported faced no consequences, despite reassurances from human resources personnel that they would protect him.

哈里斯（Harris）与当地的电视记者谈到了去年10月这种情况的故事后，情况变得更糟。根据投诉，一名主管告诉哈里斯，他不再参加晋升前工头，他的日程安排在没有警告的情况下改变了，他被重新分配到周末上班。投诉指出，在2021年11月，哈里斯遭到了一名铁工袭击，后者在哈里斯试图和平介入后错误地指控盗窃学徒。

“I would very much like this situation to be a learning tool so that it stops,” Harris告诉基罗去年秋天。“因为使这一问题的文化仍在这里。”

一月份，哈里斯被解雇了。他的诉讼指控这三家公司因种族，非法报复，不法解雇和疏忽监督而受到雇佣歧视。它指出，它通过抛弃了他的职业轨迹而损害了他的职业生涯，而他的福祉则是“与创伤后应激障碍一致的症状”。

总结对哈里斯的影响，投诉继续说：“他离开了Microsoft Redmond Campus，一个改变了人；他被他所经历的普遍种族主义所挖掘，受到对他的幸福的公开威胁以及被告遭受他遭受的持续强烈的威胁所造成的，他在精神上和身体上被种族骚扰和歧视的雪崩所浪费了。”

微软spokesperson said the company is working with the contractors “to understand what happened.”

“Workplace discrimination and harassment are unacceptable,” the Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement.

Meanwhile, workcontinueson Microsoft’s 72-acre campus modernization. The project includes demolition of 12 buildings, construction of 18 buildings totaling 2.5 million sq ft and renovation of another 6.7 million sq ft, plus construction of a 2-acre plaza. Microsoft expects to begin taking occupancy of the new buildings late this year or in early 2023.