ROCHESTER (AP) - Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed to pay $21.4 million to settle legal action brought by black workers who claim the photography products maker discriminated against them.

The deal given preliminary approval by a federal judge last month would have the Rochester company pay amounts ranging from $1,000 to $75,000 to more than 3,000 past and current workers.

Kodak is admitting no wrongdoing, saying it agreed to the settlement to avoid further litigation.

A final approval hearing is scheduled for Sept. 15 in federal court in Rochester.

The proposed settlement would end both a 2004 lawsuit brought by a group called Employees Committed for Justice and a similar suit filed by other black workers in 2007.