20 Fair empl.prac.cas. 52, 20 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,036 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. General Telephone Company of the Northwest, Inc., and West Coast Telephone Company of California, Inc., Local Union No. 89, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

599 F.2d 322 20 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 52 , 20 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,036 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF the NORTHWEST, INC., and West Coast Telephone Company of California, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, Local Union No. 89, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Defendant. No. 78-1849. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 27, 1979. James R. Dickens (argued), of Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellants. Vincent J. Blackwood, Atty. (argued), Abner W. Sibal, Charles L. Reischel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., E.E.O.C., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee. Avrum M. Goldberg, William R. Weissman, Alfred M. Wurglitz, Wald Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, D.C., of counsel for amicus curiae, Equal Employment Advisary Council. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before GOODWIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, * District Judge. JAMESON, District Judge: This interlocutory appeal presents the question of whether the Equal…