Legal Opinion
Phillips v. UAW International
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 12, 2017No. 16-1832PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcKEAGUE, J., joined by Cook, J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 328-29; app. 329-32), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
Samuel Gompers, founder of the AFL, wrote that “[wjherever trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.” Samuel L. Gompers, Labor anb the Common Welfare (1919). But Gompers wasn’t quite right if Tanganeka Phillips’s claims are true; she alleges that one of the largest unions in North America discriminated against her on the basis of race. Specifically, she alleges that UAW International created a hostile work environment, actionable under…
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