Annabelle Carter Deanne Dahl Paula Rust Ellen Seidel Florence Thurmer Lorraine Tyler v. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local No. 789

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 789 (the union) represents nearly all grocery store employees in the St. Paul area, including employees of Country Club Market, Inc. (Country Club). The master agreement between the union and the St. Paul area grocery stores classifies meat department employees as either meat cutters or meat wrappers. Meat cutters are skilled workers who have completed an apprenticeship program or have vocational training. The union contract permits them to perform any duty in the meat department. In contrast, meat wrappers are unskilled…