MURPHY v. MILLER BREWING COMPANY

Nos. 65-C-272, 67-C-101.

307 F.Supp. 829 (1969)

Virginia MURPHY, Veronika Monostori, and Catherine Pelt, Plaintiffs, v. MILLER BREWING COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant, v. LOCAL UNION NO. 9 OF the INTERNATIONAL UNION OF the UNITED BREWERY, FLOUR, CEREAL, SOFT DRINK AND DISTILLERY WORKERS OF AMERICA, and International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Third-Party Defendants. George P. SHULTZ, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor [Successor to W. Willard Wirtz, Resigned], Plaintiff, v. MILLER BREWING COMPANY, a corporation, v. LOCAL UNION NO. 9 OF the INTERNATIONAL UNION OF the UNITED BREWERY, FLOUR, CEREAL, SOFT DRINK AND DISTILLERY WORKERS OF AMERICA, and International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Wisconsin.

December 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin B. Charne, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs in Case No. 65-C-272.

Herman Grant, Regional Atty., Ruth Provus, John C. Nangle, Attys., Office of Solicitor, U. S. Department of Labor, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff in Case No. 67-C-101.

T. L. Tolan, Jr., and Samuel J. Recht, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant, Miller Brewing Co.

Lawrence D. Gillick and Howard A. Davis, Milwaukee, Wis., for third-party defendant, Local Union No. 9.

Leonard S. Zubrensky and George F. Graf, Milwaukee, Wis., and James C. Paradise, Cincinnati, Ohio, for third-party defendant, International Union.


REYNOLDS, District Judge:

The plaintiffs seek injunctive relief and back pay because of alleged sex discrimination in employment practices. The action is brought under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq. ("§ 201") and in particular the Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d).1

The women plaintiffs were employed as laboratory technicians at the Miller Brewing Company ("Miller"). (Hereafter...

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