Williams v. Pipeliners Local 798 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:24-cv-00003

Court:

Pennsylvania Middle

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Karoline Mehalchick

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  1. June 25, 2024

    Pipefitters Union Wants Out Of Black Worker's Race Bias Suit

    A pipefitters union local asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to dismiss a member's $10 million racial bias lawsuit, saying the worker's employer, not the union, bears responsibility for any racism he experienced on the job.

  2. January 02, 2024

    Black Worker Hits Union With Race Bias Class Action

    A pipefitters' union local has relegated Black workers to "permanent second-class status" by making it nearly impossible for them to advance from welder's helper to journeyman welder, a union member has claimed in a $10 million proposed class action filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court.