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DRISCOLL v. CARPENTERS DIST. COUNCIL

525 Pa. 205 (1990)

579 A.2d 863

Cecelia DRISCOLL and William Dailey, Appellees, v. CARPENTERS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA and United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Gilardi, Ronald L. Gilardi, Marianne Oliver, Gilardi and Cooper, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Daniel Ernsberger, Pittsburgh, for Cecelia Driscoll and William Bailey.

Elisabeth Schuster, Pennsylvania Human Relations Com'ns, Harrisburg, Cynthia A. Misicka, E.E.O.C., Washington, D.C., for amici curiae.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

The instant appeal presents a question of first impression in this Commonwealth: whether the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, 43 P.S. § 951, et seq. ("PHRA"), is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 141, et seq. ("NLRA"),1 from providing a remedy for alleged discriminatory practices in the operation of a labor union hiring hall. The following facts are...

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