MADISON, Wis. — In a case unique for its lengthiness and documentation level, the Madison Equal Opportunity Commission will continue to hear arguments in the Mike Miller complaint against CUNA.

In October 2004 Miller, CUNA's former senior vice president of association services, filed a complaint with the Madison EOC stating that he was terminated because he alleged that CUNA Madison-Chief Operating Officer John Franklin made "numerous sexually and racially derogatory remarks as well as derogatory remarks about the sexual orientation of others or what he perceived to be the sexual orientation of others." CUNA responded in December of that year saying that he was fired for refusing to cooperate with the new COO because Miller was angry that he was not selected for the job.

Hearings were supposed to begin last summer according to Madison EOC Hearing Examiner Clifford Blackwell, but were delayed for various reasons and opened for 10 days in July 2006. Hearings were slated to continue Aug. 9-14. When asked if this next stretch should conclude the hearings, Blackwell responded, "I would hope so. I was fairly surprised we'd get to 10 days of hearings and then the complainant asked for four more."