Cluett, Peabody & Co. v. New York State Division of Human Rights

Betty Lingle and Joan Skinner were employed by the Arrow Company, a division of Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., at Chester, New York. The women were members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and were subject to the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement between the company and the union. They filed a grievance with the company on June 20, 1968, contending that they were victims of ‘ ‘ abuse of seniority rights, and the further abuse of equalization rights, human rights, National Labor Eelations Laws, and discrimination”. Over a month later, on July 31, 1968, both employees…