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By GAIL APPLESON
St. Louis Post-dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Thomas Cross worked for Lucent Technologies and
its predecessors for 34 years, with a history of good evaluations. In
fact, Cross, who was an installation estimator in Chesterfield, Mo.,
received an "outstanding" evaluation shortly before he was fired at age
55.
The firing of Cross was part of a downsizing by Lucent in 2002, but
the veteran worker said he was let go while younger employees with
lower ratings were retained.
Cross took his complaint to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, which sued Lucent for age discrimination. This month,
Lucent said it had done nothing wrong but agreed to pay $195,000 to
settle the case.
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