Gantlin v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants,.representing a class of black paper mill employees in Charleston, South Carolina, appeal from the district court’s dismissal of their action brought against their employer and several labor unions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981. On this appeal they contend that the seniority system contained in the collective bargaining agreement reached between Westvaeo, their employer, and the United Papermakers & Paperworkers/International Brotherhood of…