Ex-TWW worker files civil rights complaint
An ex-Trenton Water Works lab tech says she was fired and treated unfairly because she’s disabled, records show.
Camilla O’Neal was hired by Trenton Water Works in March 2018, but encountered problems at her workplace not long into her tenure, according to a complaint she filed with the Attorney General’s Division of Civil Rights.
Hired in March 2018, O’Neal says she was twice suspended in about a year on the the job after she complained to the plant supervisor, Taya Brown-Humphrey, about how she was being treated, the complaints says.
She raised allegations of discrimination and hostile workplace in the complaint, saying she was treated differently than another worker.
O’Neal said she was the subject of “frivolous” writeups and alleged the city was papering the walls to get rid of her.
She was suspended a second time in November 2019 over allegations that she falsified records, the complaint says. The city cut O’Neal loose in August 2020.
The city is expected to provide a response to the AG’s Office in the next 20 calendar days, according to the letter.
O’Neal and a TWW spokesman didn’t respond to requests for comment.
The Mayor Reed Gusciora administration has tried to raise the profile of the beleaguered TWW since he was sworn into office.
The city remains under administrative consent orders with the Department of Environmental Protection, which filed suit last year to get the city to address longstanding water issues.
Gusciora said the city filled dozens of vacancies and is working on replacing thousands of lead-service lines that were at the root of the water issues.