In Re Westinghouse Electric Corp. Employment Discrimination Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

This litigation consists of five actions 1 pending in two federal districts: Webb, Rivers, and Bradford in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; and Warren and EEOC in the Middle District of North Carolina. Westinghouse Electric Corporation is the only defendant in Rivers, Bradford, Warren and EEOC. Defendants in Webb include Westinghouse, several of its officers and managerial employees, two labor organizations that represent various employees at Westinghouse’s Lester, Pennsylvania facility, and the Secretary of Labor.

The named plaintiffs in Webb are four Black hourly…