More nooses found at Georgia Power plant

ATLANTA - Georgia Power Co. said Wednesday that workers at one of its power plants have found five hangman&#39;s nooses, five months after a racial discrimination lawsuit against the company was denied class-action status. <br> <br> The lawsuit alleged Georgia Power maintained discriminatory employment, personnel and human resources policies and failed to remove pictures of nooses in the company&#39;s operating headquarters of Cornelia. <br> <br> In August 2001, a federal judge dismissed the seven plaintiffs&#39; motion for class-action status for 2,400 past and present black workers. <br> <br> The new nooses were found by workers of outside contractors at the company&#39;s Roopville plant, located about 50 miles southwest of Atlanta, between September and Jan. 13, 2002, Georgia Power spokesman John Sell said. He said a $5,000 reward had been offered for information about the nooses&#39; origin. <br> <br> Sell said Georgia Power and the two largest contractors on the site, Fluor Corp. and Zachary Construction Corp., have had meetings with their employees to reiterate Georgia Power&#39;s no-tolerance policy toward racial harassment. <br> <br> The plaintiffs&#39; attorney, Steven Rosenwasser, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the nooses indicate continued oversight is needed.