Dial Trial Pits Clean vs. Filthy

"To hear Dial Corp. tell it, the sprawling soap plant near west suburban Aurora is a bright, happy place filled with workers who treat each other like family."

"Anyone visiting the busy factory 'would not even believe' that it has become ground zero in a landmark sexual-harassment case, said spokeswoman Cindy Demers. 'It's a great place to work.'"

"It's a great place if you like being groped, cussed at and stalked by co-workers, countered Sumiko Baker, among dozens of women suing Dial in a suit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission," the Chicago Tribune reports. UPDATE (4/29): Dial has settled the case for $10 million, the AP reports here.