JONES v. TRUCK DRIVERS LOCAL UNION NO. 299

Nos. 85-1863/86-1104.

838 F.2d 856 (1988)

Frances JONES, Beverly Harder, Eleanor Murray, Linda Nickel, and Mary Ruane, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TRUCK DRIVERS LOCAL UNION NO. 299, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerry M. Miller, Goldberg, Previant, Uelman, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, S.C., Marianne Goldstein Robbins (argued), Milwaukee, Wis., James P. Hoffa, Hoffa, Chodak & Robiner, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Ellis Boal (argued), Ronald Reosti, Detroit, Mich., Gary A. Benjamin (argued), Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Julius LeVonne Chambers, Charles Stephen Ralston, Steven L. Winter, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City, for amicus curiae, NAACP.

Before MERRITT, WELLFORD and MILBURN, Circuit Judges.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, five women, were office clerical workers at the Detroit terminal of the Square Deal Cartage Co., a company engaged in the transportation of automobiles to local dealerships. In August 1977, Square Deal was purchased by Cassens Transport, Inc., another company in the same industry. Plaintiffs were not retained by Cassens after the takeover. Square Deal's driver, yard, and garage workers, all of whom are male, were retained by Cassens...

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