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WEBER v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORP.

No. 76-3266.

563 F.2d 216 (1977)

Brian F. WEBER, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION and United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Allen, Jr., Legal Dept. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp., Oakland, Cal., F. W. Middleton, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for Kaiser Aluminum, etc.

John C. Falkenberry, Birmingham, Ala., Michael H. Gottesman, Washington, D. C., Jerry L. Gardner, Jr., New Orleans, La., for United Steelworkers of America.

Kenneth B. Peterson, Cloyd R. Mellot, Pittsburgh, Pa., for ALCOA, amicus curiae.

Burt A. Braverman, Washington, D. C., for Reynolds Metal, amicus curiae.

Michael R. Fontham, New Orleans, La., for Weber.

John W. Finley, Jr., Brashich and Finley, New York City, Michael Blinick, Ben B. Blackburn, of counsel, for Southeastern Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.

Richard S. Ugelow, Robert T. Moore, James P. Turner, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for USA & E.E.O.C.

Arnold Forster, New York City, for Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith.

Christopher S. Bond, Gene E. Voigts, Kansas City, Mo., for Great Plains Legal Foundation.

Before WISDOM, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

In February 1974, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation entered into a collective bargaining agreement with United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO (USWA), that significantly altered eligibility for on-the-job training to enter craft positions in all Kaiser plants. In an effort to increase the number of minority workers in the craft families, the 1974 Labor Agreement removed the requirement of prior craft experience for on-the-job training...

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