Hundreds of employees of the US airline Delta Airlines have filed a class action lawsuit against the clothing manufacturer Lands' End before a federal court. The reason is the health problems of Delta employees, which are said to have been caused by the service uniforms manufactured by Lands' End.
The lawsuit says the uniforms launched in May 2018 have caused rash, hair loss, migraines, difficulty breathing, white blood cell deficiency, and other issues among many Delta employees. Chemicals are supposed to be to blame in the uniforms, which should make the clothes more stretchy, dirt-repellent and crease-resistant.
A spokeswoman for Lands' End did not want to comment on the ongoing proceedings, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Uniforms are said to meet the "highest textile standards"
A few months ago, two Delta employees complained that their uniforms had caused health problems. Lands 'End said at the time, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal, that the problems were "not the result of negligence, product defects, or breaches of warranty by Lands' End." At that time, Delta Airlines announced that it had commissioned a toxicological study of the uniforms. The results would have shown that the uniforms met "highest textile standards".
Around 500 current and former Delta Airlines employees are involved in the new class action lawsuit in Wisconsin, including flight attendants and customer service employees. According to the indictment, more than 60,000 Delta Airlines employees wear uniform.
