HAMEED v. INTERN. ASS'N OF BRIDGE, ETC.

Nos. 79-1531, 79-1613.

637 F.2d 506 (1980)

Walee Abdul HAMEED; Lonnie Vanderson; George Coe; Willie M. Nichols; Johnnie J. Brown; Hiawatha Davis; Willie West, Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 396 and Ironworkers Joint Apprenticeship Committee of St. Louis, Missouri, National Iron Workers and Employer Training Program, Appellees. Walee Abdul HAMEED; Lonnie Vanderson; George Coe; Willie M. Nichols; Johnnie J. Brown; Hiawatha Davis; Willie West, Appellees, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 396, Ironworkers Joint Apprenticeship Committee of St. Louis, Missouri, National Iron Workers and Employer Training Program, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justine Lisser, E.E.O.C., Washington, D. C., argued, for amicus curiae E.E.O.C.

Barry J. Levine, St. Louis, Mo., argued St. Louis Mo., for appellees.

Louis Gilden, St. Louis, Mo., argued, for appellants/cross appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Chief Judge.

This constitutes the second appeal arising from a class suit brought under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, §§ 701-718, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 alleging racial discrimination by the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local No. 396 (Union) in training opportunities, referral methods and wage rates.

Rule filed a complaint in March 1973...

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