A United Airlines employee in New Jersey claims she faced relentless sexual harassment from her supervisor, and that her complaints only made things worse – culminating in an assignment to remove a 300-pound dead body from a plane, by herself, which left her badly injured and allegedly led to her eventual firing.
When Chantel Matthews showed up on November 1, 2022 for her first day of training as a ramp agent at Newark Liberty International Airport, her new supervisor greeted her by saying, “Welcome to United. You are fine as hell. Please complete your employee profile at any computer desk,” according to a newly filed federal lawsuit obtained by The Independent.
Matthews, 41, felt “stunned and extremely uncomfortable” by the supervisor’s wildly inappropriate remark, but continued about the onboarding process, her complaint states.
Later that day, the supervisor approached Matthews, whose job description involved loading and unloading baggage and cargo, guiding planes to the terminal and performing other crucial tasks on the tarmac, and inquired if she needed any help completing her tasks, the complaint goes on.
“By the way, do you model?” he asked, according to the complaint, which says Matthews “rebuffed” his inappropriate comment and replied, “I’m fine, thanks. I got it from here.”
The next day, Matthews was surprised to find an unsolicited text from the supervisor, who had apparently gotten her cell number from her personnel file, asking her to send him her Instagram profile, the complaint continues. The filing says she ignored the request, hoping this would indicate to the supervisor that she wasn’t interested in a romantic relationship.
However, when she again reported to work, the supervisor allegedly said, “Good morning, Ms. Matthews. You look very nice today. Your body is banging.”
Matthews’ supervisor then asked her out on a date, which she declined, according to the complaint. That evening, the supervisor again texted Matthews, asking “what kind of men [she] was interested in,” the complaint…
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