Flores v. Local 25, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

OPINION AND ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

This is a class action brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.), and under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that defendants have committed unlawful employment practices within the meaning of §§ 703 and 704 of Title VII (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2 and 2000e-3) against plaintiffs and other black and Hispanic persons, and further that they have discriminated against plaintiffs and other black and Hispanic persons in an apprenticeship program, in employment and…