Legal Opinion
International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 1, 1980No. Nos. 79-1893, 79-1894PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in this case brought suit alleging, inter alia, that the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse or the company) had set the wage rates lower for those job classifications which were predominantly filled by females than the wage rates for those job classifications which were predominantly filled by males. Plaintiffs claimed that this disparity was attributable to the fact that the company deliberately paid lower wages for those types of work which would be done predominantly by women. They claimed this…
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