COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Esther Skipper, Individually and on Behalf of All Similarly Situated Non-Supervisory Female Employees of American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Long Lines Department, Plaintiffs,
v.
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LONG LINES DEPARTMENT, Defendants.
WOMEN IN CITY GOVERNMENT UNITED et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
The CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, S. D. New York, Civil Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 30, 1974.
July 30, 1974.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Cohn, Glickstein, Lurie, Ostrin & Lubell, New York City, Kane & Koons, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs Communications Workers et al. by Mary K. O'Melveny, Jonathan W. Lubell, New York City, Barbara Schain, Law Student, of counsel.
Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., Jim G. Kilpatric, New York City, for defendant American Tel. & Tel. Co., Long Lines Dept. by Thompson Powers, James D. Hutchinson, Kenneth I. Jonson, Washington, D. C., of counsel.
Linda Colvard Dorian, Washington, D. C., Office of the Gen. Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, amicus curiae.
Rabinowitz, Boudin & Standard, New York City, for plaintiffs Women in City Government United et al. by K. Randlett Walster, New York City, of counsel.
Mirkin, Barre, Saltzstein & Gordon, P. C., Great Neck, N. Y., for defendants Social Service Employees Union Local 371 and Social Service Employees Union Local 371 Welfare Fund by Gerald J. Barre, Stephen F. Gordon, Jeffrey S. Dubin, Great Neck, N. Y., of counsel.
Adrian P. Burke, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants City of New York et al. by David W. Fisher, New York City, Charles W. Segal, Kew Gardens Hills, N. Y., of counsel.
Breed, Abbott & Morgan, New York City, for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Greater New York by Donald B. da Parma, Elliott Abrams, New York City, of counsel.
Trubin, Sillcocks, Edelman & Knapp, New York City for Group Health Inc. by Ross Sandler, Joseph A. Klein, New York City, of counsel.
Julius Topol, New York City, for D.C. 37 and D.C. 37 Health and Security Plan.
Delson & Gordon, New York City, for defendants United Federation of Teachers and United Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund.
Edward L. Johnson, New York City, for defendant New York City Housing Authority.
United States District Court, S. D. New York, Civil Division.
OPINION
WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.
The complaints in these unrelated class actions make quite similar allegations. They each allege inter alia that the several defendants have, in the treatment of pregnant employees, violated the proscription against discrimination on the basis of sex contained in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Paragraph 7 of the CWA complaint alleges in part:
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