Among those testifying Wednesday were John Ware, a nearly 24-year water department employee who’s now a hoisting engineering foreman. Ware, who is black, contended at the hearing that he was transferred to a post with less overtime after filing complaints about an attempt to replace him in his better post with a less-experienced white man. Ware, who filed a federal lawsuit against the city in November, said he also was wrongfully suspended for 29 days after Conner took over “based on a five-minute hearing” for making the complaint.