The AFL-CIO is committed to the task of eliminating discrimination and injustice in the workplace and is making efforts to expand the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's conciliation efforts under Title Seven. (MW)

Reexamines the right of employees to sit-in independently during arbitration between their union and their employer. Journal availability: See EA 511 946. (IRT)

In several 1977 cases the Supreme Court held that a bona fide seniority system may apply different terms of employment if it operates in a neutral fashion and is not intentionally designed to discriminate. Available from the Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646; single copy $3.00. (Author/IRT)

A treatise, it is stated, on the responsibilities of unions with regard to Title VII and equal employment opportunity generally, analyzing the legal liability of unions and suggesting ways in which unions should combat discrimination in collective bargaining agreements, on the job, and within their own organizational structure. (Author/JM)

Examines the parameters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and relevant First Amendment case law, reviews several analogous court decisions in private employment, and analyzes Yott vs. North American Rockwell Corporation (case involving an employee who, on religious grounds, refused to join a union) and its application to public employment.…

From a private process between unions and management, labor arbitration has become a matter for federal arbitrators to decide. The article traces this development through various federal court cases and legislation, particularly unfair labor practice charges under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. (MF)

Analyzes the conflicts between Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive Order No. 11,246 concerning the validity and scope of the president's power to impose obligations of nondiscrimination and affirmative action on government contractors. Journal availability: see 511 890. (IRT)

This document examines a major civil rights decision handed down by the Supreme Court in Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts (1984). The decision is examined for its importance in determining the extent to which seniority systems may or must be overridden as part of court-ordered relief to remedy discrimination in employment, and also for…

This booklet presents laws and court cases concerning discrimination in hiring. It begins with a presentation of the laws and orders regulating equal employment opportunity and the remedies available. It lists those employees and employers to whom the laws apply and exemptions. Sections deal with discrimination on the basis of race, sex, sexual…

In an effort to examine the role of international and local nonreferral unions in advancing the job status of minorities and women, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conducted a national survey of unions and employers and completed a legal analysis of the duty of unions to represent their members fairly. Among the key findings of…