State Rep. Napoleon Bracy (D-Prichard) filed a federal lawsuit against his former employer, Austal, on Friday for alleged racial discrimination.
Bracy worked for Austal from May of 2013 until March 2024, when he was terminated for violating timekeeping policy, according to Mobile’s WPMI NBC 15 News.
According to his complaint, Bracy was instructed to enter time away from Austal for his legislative duties as “Jury Duty Leave”.
According to the lawsuit, Bracy was terminated on March 22 for violating the timekeeping policy on March 12,13, and 14, dates which he had entered as “jury duty leave” while meeting with residents of his House district during a scheduled constituent work week.
Bracy has been a member of the Alabama House since 2010. He announced his candidacy for the Democrat nomination for the Second Congressional District in November 2023. He finished third out of ten candidates with 15.7% of the vote in the Democrat primary for the Congressional seat on March 5.
According to the lawsuit, Bracy believes he was fired in part because he had advocated for the hiring of a qualified black male for the position of VP of Human Resources over the eventual hiring of a white female, according to the outlet.
In 2013, Bracy was hired by Austal as a workforce outreach coordinator and then promoted to Manager of Diversity, Inclusion and Affirmative Action in 2016, according to WPMI.
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