Local Number 104, Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Opinion
lead Opinion
Wollenberg, J.
ORDER REQUIRING PETITIONERS TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN DEMANDS FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY RESPONDENT
A commissioner of respondent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a charge with EEOC against the petitioners, Local 104, Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association, AFL-CIO (Local 104), and the San Francisco Sheet Metal Joint Apprenticeship Committee. The commissioner relied on Section 706(a) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(a) for authority to make the charge, and the charge alleged a violation of various anti-discrimination provisions of the Act. The charge does not set forth any specific acts of discrimination, but rather it alleges that petitioners have “historically” restricted union membership of minority journeymen and minority apprentices because of their race. 1 Such a charge is commonly known as a “patterns charge”.
Based on the above charge, EEOC served a “Demand for Access to Evidence” (hereafter referred to as Demand for Access) upon petitioners, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-9. The evidence demanded spans the period from May 1, 1962 to the present, and it is set out in the accompanying footnote. 2
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