Peterson

*663 MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

Presently before the Court is plaintiff’s motion that the case be maintained as a class action. Plaintiff, a former employee of defendant Albert M. Bender Co., Inc. (“Bender”), brought this action against Bender on June 3, 1976, charging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.).

This action was set for trial on April 4, 1977. The Motion for Determination that the Action be Maintained as a Class Action was filed on February 2,1977, and heard on February 24, 1977.

Plaintiff alleges that Bender paid females less than males for substantially the same work, refused to hire females for higher paying positions because of their sex, refused to promote females because of their sex, and terminated female employees for attempting to bring Bender’s allegedly unlawful employment practices into conformity with Title VII. Plaintiff prays for a permanent injunction to prevent defendant from engaging in the alleged activities and seeks reinstatement, back pay, reclassification, and attorneys’ fees. The class alleged by plaintiff is composed of all present, future and former…