Legal Opinion
Virgo v. Local Union 580
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 7, 1985No. 84 Civ. 1592 (EW)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff Lewis Virgo is a black man of Jamaican origin. In 1972, he sought membership in defendant Local Union 580 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, and Ornamental Iron Workers (“Local 580” or the “Union”) by taking and successfully completing a journeyman’s test. Although Virgo passed the test in 1972, he was not admitted as a member of the Union until 1980, a delay he attributes to racially discriminatory admission practices by defendant.
On November 10, 1976, Virgo filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment…
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