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EXCLUSIVE: A federal complaint on civil rights has been filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Los Angeles Dodgers and the investment company Guggenheim Partners for having pretended to have “illegal discrimination” under the guise of “diversity, equity and inclusion” (dei), in violation of the title VII from 1964.
The trial was filed by America First Legal (AFL), the organization of non -profit conservative public interests, against the two entities, led by Mark Walter, majority owner of the Dodgers and CEO of Guggenheim Partners.
Walter has recently become the majority owner of Los Angeles Lakers also in a historic agreement of $ 10 billion with the bus family.
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Los Angeles Dodgers has appointed the shoving Shohei Ohtani (17) speaking as president of Baseball operations Andrwe Friedman (left) and the owner Mark Walter (Center) listen to Ohtani’s introductory press conference at the Dodger Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA today Sport)
“Their employment practices, as described below, seem to discriminate the potential employees or employees, only because of their skin color or their gender. This is manifestly illegal,” said AFL complaint, which was provided to PK Press Club Digital.
AFL’s complaint affirms that the employment practices of Dodgers and Guggenheim Partners are discriminatory because “even when they use inclusive terminology,” it is used “to separate or classify employees or candidates for employment in a manner that would deprive, or tend to deprive individuals of jobs, training or promotions because of their race, their national.
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The AFL also disputed the mission statement of I on the Dodgers site.
The declaration indicates: “Our mission is to create a culture where various voices and experiences are appreciated, our people feel empowered by their links with each other, and the team and all employees feel that they can succeed.”
“Our accusation is to direct and follow the impact, to establish clear responsibilities, to report standards, ambitious objectives and measures of success,” said AFL.
AFL has argued that the team uses “quantifiable demonstrations with identifiable objectives to achieve” success “, which seems to involve engaging in illegal discriminatory hiring, training and recruitment”.
The complaint mentioned the Dodgers allowing employees to join several “commercial resources groups” (BRGS) within the organization, which provides employees “a forum to bring together with other employees who hold common interests, identities and / or social problems”.
A general vision of the Plaza Outfield before the MLB match between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Braves of Atlanta at the Dodger Stadium on May 5, 2024. (Kiyoshi Mio / USA TODAY SPORTS)
AFL’s complaint has also been required to “some of the BRGs seem to offer significant advantages to employees according to their race, color, sex or national origin”. The complaint mentions Asian professionals, Black Action Network, Somos La, which “seems to offer Latin employees employment” and the Opportunity Network Women’s.
In addition, the complaint asked for an investigation into Guggenheim Partners, which also has a “diversity and inclusion” page indicating that Dei plays a role in recruitment, professional development, contracts and more “throughout the business”.
“Guggenheim Partners clearly indicates that it defines the” diversity “of explicitly include[es]”Including, in part, those based on race, sex, ethnicity, age, religion, belief, national origin, sexual orientation and gender identity,” said complaint.
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The complaint indicates the commitment of the Guggenheim Partners to “expand the diversity of pipelines”, which expresses its wish to “develop strategies for recruiting diversity and talent management to identify, attract, develop and preserve the best talents”.
“When diversity motivates job decisions and” diversity “refers to race, color, sex and national origin – as does Guggenheim partners – the result is illegal discrimination,” said the complaint.
Guggenheim Partners, such as Dodgers, also operates Commercial Development Resource groups (BDRGS).
“BDRGs are open to all employees while providing benefits according to particular immutable characteristics and are intended to pursue the objectives of the company’s DEI”, indicates the complaint, highlighting the “innovation network for women” and “commercial network of multicultural employees”.
AFL suggests that the EEOC can investigate data from the applications and practices of internal HR of the Dodgers and the partners of Guggenheim to “identify whether the policies make an explicit reference to the preferences of employment based on race, color, sex and national origin in violation of federal law”.
The partners Dodgers and Guggenheim did not immediately respond to a request for comments from PK Press Club Digital.
President Donald Trump turns as the owner of the Mark Walter team (L) is expressed during an event in honor of the champions of the world series 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers in the east house in the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed decrees aimed at reducing Dei’s initiatives, including one, including directives for federal agencies to fight Dei in the private sector. MLB took a step to comply, because they deleted the “diversity” references from their website in March.
“Our values on diversity remain unchanged,” said MLB in a statement at the time. “We are in the process of assessing our programs for any modification of the eligibility criteria which are necessary to ensure that our programs comply with federal law when they continue.”
New York Yankees have remained determined to push diversity and inclusion within its organization despite national dei withdrawals, affirming in April that they “work continuously with the members of our diversity and inclusion committee and are actively engaged with our community and community partners”, according to the New York Daily News.
“Our dedication to these efforts remains unchanged, and our diversity and inclusion committee continues to do its job,” said Brian Smith, main vice-president of relations with companies and community.
In October 2023, the AFL filed a federal complaint on civil rights against the MLB for racially discriminatory programs, alongside EEOC. The complaint claimed that the official MLB site presented at least four illegal market and programs for markets, citing the Diversity pipeline program, which Commissioner Rob Manfred launched in 2016.
Mark Walter and the Los Angeles Dodgers face a trial. (Imagn)
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced changes in February to the Federal Acquisitions (FAR) Regulation intended to align with the decree of the president aimed at restoring meritocracy and putting an end to discrimination in the public and private sectors.
After a meeting of owners in Palm Beach, Florida, in February, Manfred said that the MLB would assess the interpretation of the federal law.
“Our values, in particular our values on diversity, remain unchanged. But another value which is quite important for us is that we always try to respect the law,” said Manfred. “There seems to be an evolution that happens here. We follow it very carefully.
“Obviously, when things become a little more adjusted, we will examine each of our programs and we will ensure that if the values remain the same as we also comply with what the law needs.”
