Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Appleton Electric Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

On May 5, 1977, Arthur Shelley filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) charging his employer, Appleton Electric Company (“Appleton”) with racial discrimination and his union, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 1031, AFL-CIO (“Union”), with inadequate representation.1 During its investigation of these allegations, EEOC received a letter from Shelley which was construed as a request for a right to sue letter. EEOC issued a right to sue letter on January 24, 1978, which gave…