Legal Opinion
Emma DeGRAFFENREID Et Al., Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS ASSEMBLY DIVISION, ST. LOUIS, Et Al., Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1977No. 76-1599PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Five black women have brought this action against their former employer, General Motors Corporation (designated in the complaint as General Motors Assembly Division, St. Louis) (GM) and the United Automobile Workers (the international union and its Local 25) charging, among other things, that the seniority system and “last hired-first fired” layoff policy mandated by GM’s collective bargaining agreement with the Union perpetuates the effect of GM’s past race and sex discrimination, in violation of federal law proscribing discrimination in employment — Title VII of the…
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