The former CEO at the 77,000 member, $1.5 billion Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union has sued the credit union's board of directors, both as a group and individually, alleging he was fired in May for following state and federal laws on equal opportunity hiring.

Oskar Mielczarek began working at the credit union in May of 2011 and brought with him hopes for leadership stability at the credit union after an extended period of turmoil.

But Mielczarek was dismissed in May 2012 because, he alleged in documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, he had hired and persisted in hiring credit union staff that were not of Polish origin or spoke Polish as a first language.

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