Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Ohio

parking discrimination

I work at a Ford plant in Sharonville, OH. As part of the agreement between the UAW and the company, non-Ford vehicles must park in the farthest areas of the parking lot. My wife drives our new Ford so I drive her old car (non-Ford). When I do not follow the rules, security places stickers with tow warnings on the driver window. Nobody has been towed yet. I don't think we should be made to feel lesser if we do not drive a Ford. Is this legal? Could this be considered discrimination? Thank You


Asked on 4/25/07, 3:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Regina Mullen Legal Data Services, PLC

Re: parking discrimination

Car ownership is not a protected class. Further, your union made the agreement. If you're bound by the union, that's the deal.

Businesses don't actually HAVE to allow you to park on their property at all, so if they make rules that don't discriminate on the basis of some protected class (ethnicity [people, not cars], religion, gender, disability, age), it's probably fine.

A pain in the pinto, but fine.

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Answered on 4/25/07, 6:39 pm


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