Chopra v. Display Producers, Inc.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHIN, District Judge.

This motion for summary judgment raises the issue of whether an employee who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement with an arbitration provision is required to arbitrate her sexual harassment and discrimination claims prior to filing suit under Title VII. Because I find that such an employee need not first submit her claims to arbitration, defendants’ motion for summary judgment is denied.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Madhu Chopra worked as an assembly line worker for defendant Display Producers, Inc. (“Display Producers”) from sometime in 1982 to…