BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE OWNER

But Ferry is hopeful. "It would be difficult for them to hire me and not have some feelings of resentment," she says. "But I didn't file the suit. I fell into it.

"I have mixed emotions about this. They almost ought to be able to hire whoever they want to hire. But if a person wants a job and needs a job and is qualified to do a job, they should get the job." Finally, the settlement requires that Maggiore and his staff undergo government-supervised reeducation on sexual harassment and discrimination. As directed by the court, Maggiore will pay for the seminars himself. tommy maggiore's term for what the EEOC has done is "legalized extortion."
The EEOC will continue to monitor his restaurants. Maggiore and his staffers are prohibited by law from any kind of retaliation against the women he must now hire, and Maggiore's hiring records will be regularly inspected for the next several years.

Though some of his local restaurants have come and gone over the past decade, trade at the Tomaso's flagship has been improving as the local economy improves, and his restaurants in Southern California are doing well. Maggiore expects to emerge from his bankruptcy any day. But Maggiore's costs in this case exceed the payouts to women food servers. He estimates he is out $200,000 in legal fees. His daughter says the case has affected her family's home life.

Meanwhile Maggiore's reeducators have their work cut out for them. "He never came to grips with the fact that he may have done something wrong," says EEOC boss Trujillo. "If he is still no different in his mindset, in his public positions, than he was before. . .then to some extent we failed."

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