Housekeeper for Bezos sues, alleges racial discrimination.

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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has been sued close to home. His former housekeeper, who is Hispanic, accuses him and two of his investment firms of racial discrimination. She worked for him for three years.

In a lawsuit filed in Washington state, Mercedes Wedaa alleges that she had to work long hours without breaks, not even for meals. She further claims she was exposed to unsanitary work conditions and subjected to insults, and when she complained...