WDJT has responded to TVSpy’s request for comment about the two discrimination complaints recently filed against the station.
In an email, vice president and general manager Jim Hall told TVSpy,
We have received copies of the discrimination charges that were filed by two employees with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Weigel Broadcasting Co. and CBS 58 have a strong commitment to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination. We take any such allegations very seriously, and we are reviewing them with our legal counsel. However, as a policy, we do not comment on pending legal matters. We look forward to addressing these matters through the legal process.
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Anchor and reporter Shari Dunn filed a complaint on August 30 saying both parent company Weigel Broadcasting and WDJT management maintain “a culture of discrimination where white males are favored over minority females.” Two weeks later, WDJT reporter and Telemundo Wisconsin anchor Carlos Vergara filed a separate complaint alleging he was denied the opportunity to anchor for WDJT in favor of less experienced anchors who spoke only English. This week, a station photographer resigned saying he didn’t feel the station was concerned with his safety.