A class action lawsuit has been filed against several companies alleging policies and practices on the Fisher Island Ferry Service segregates Haitian, Hispanic, and African American workers. The lawsuit was filed against Fisher Island Holdings, Inc., Fisher Island Community Association, Inc., Fisher Island Club, Inc., and Fisher Island Community Association, LLC and alleges workers are segregated on the ferry and not allowed access to the Resident's Lounge nor are they allowed to drive a vehicle onto the ferry.
To prevent employee passengers from touching or brushing against the vehicles of residents and guests on the Island, Fisher Island prohibits employee passengers from accessing even their segregated ferry room unless they arrive on the ferry before the vehicles of other passengers begin loading onto the ferry. They travel as passengers on the ferry to Fisher Island each day they work. They work as dishwashers, security guards, landscapers, and housekeepers maintaining the Island's condominiums, the Fisher Island Hotel and Resort, several restaurants, a health, golf and tennis club, and the ferry terminals and ferries.
