LABORERS' INTERN., LOCAL 478 v. BURROUGHS

No. 72456.

541 So.2d 1160 (1989)

LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCAL 478, Petitioner, v. Myrtice BURROUGHS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Kelly of Kelly & McKee, Tampa, for petitioner.

David M. Lipman, Stefan Ruud and Robert E. Weisberg of Lipman & Weisberg, Miami, for respondent.

Dana C. Baird, General Counsel and Harden King, Asst. General Counsel, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Florida Com'n on Human Relations.

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade Co. Atty. and John McInnis, Asst. Co. Atty., Miami, amicus curiae for Metropolitan Dade County.


GRIMES, Justice.

Pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(3), of the Florida Constitution, we accepted jurisdiction to review Laborers' International Union Local 478 v. Burroughs, 522 So.2d 852 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), because that opinion expressly construes the Florida Constitution.

Myrtice Burroughs was hired by Local 478 as a clerk in 1982. Seventeen months later she was terminated...

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