East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. Rodriguez

These cases, like Teamsters v. United States, ante, p. 324, involve alleged employment discrimination on the part of an employer and unions in the trucking industry. The employer, East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc., is a common carrier that employs city and over-the-road, or “line,” truckdrivers. The company has a “no-transfer” policy, prohibiting drivers from transferring between terminals or from city-driver to line-driver jobs. In addition, under the applicable collective-bargaining agreements between the company and the unions, competitive seniority runs only from the date an employee…