26 Fair empl.prac.cas. 783, 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,290, 26 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,000

649 F.2d 658 26 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 783 , 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,290 , 26 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,000 Charles H. BRATTON, Guadalupe Galvan, Jr., Jim Haley, John Retamosa, Jr., Cleotha Starks, James E. Toney and Clevron Tucker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION and Local 1845 United Steel Workers of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-2133. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 4, 1980. Decided Sept. 29, 1980. As Amended Dec. 17, 1980. Martha Goldin, Hollywood, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Laurence D. Steinsapir, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief; Rudolph L. Milasich, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., Everett F. Meiners and William H. Emer, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE and TANG, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, * District Judge. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Seven individual employees, who joined their separate actions alleging racial discrimination in a single complaint before the district court, appeal from the district court's award of summary judgment in favor of defendants Bethlehem Steel Corporation (the Company) and Local 1845…