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

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Case overview

Case Number:

4:20-cv-00585

Court:

Oklahoma Northern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Claire R Kelly

Firms

  1. March 27, 2024

    Black Workers' Race Bias Suit Against Union Can't Proceed

    A group of Black workers can't bring race bias allegations against a union, a federal international trade judge concluded, dismissing a proposed class action complaint that claimed the union had a "long history of discrimination" against Black people.

  2. December 06, 2022

    Union Gets Black Pipe Fitter's Race Bias Suit Tossed

    An Oklahoma federal judge granted a win to a labor union Monday, tossing out a lawsuit from a member alleging the union did not do enough to stop white members from making racist statements and jokes and that it prevented Black members from advancing in their jobs.

  3. November 17, 2020

    Black Pipe Fitter Accuses Tulsa Union Of Race-Based Hiring

    A Black pipe fitter alleges that his Tulsa-based union did nothing to stop white co-workers from hurling racial slurs and jokes at him and other Black pipe fitters, and blocked his and others' efforts to advance up the ranks, according to a proposed class action filed in Oklahoma federal court.