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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED215220 AUTHOR: Davis, Barbara; And Others
TITLE: Nonreferral Unions and Equal Employment Opportunity.
A Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1982
NOTE: 129 p.
ABSTRACT: In an effort to examine the role of international
and local nonreferral unions in advancing the job status of
minorities and women, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) conducted a national survey of unions and
employers and completed a legal analysis of the duty of
unions to represent their members fairly. Among the key
findings of the study were the following: (1) the unions
surveyed were either unaware of or did not oppose the use of
selection procedures that may have an adverse effect on the
job advancement of minorities and women; (2) women and
minorities are severely underrepresented in leadership
positions in the surveyed unions; and (3) those unions
surveyed have a mixed record in the establishment of
programs designed to ensure equal opportunity in the
workplace. Based on the study, the EEOC urges unions to
increase representation of minorities and women in all
levels of leadership; develop a Title VII compliance
program; initiate collective bargaining to remove
discriminatory provisions from their agreements; work with
employers to establish voluntary affirmative action plans;
and, in the event of employer recalcitrance, be prepared to
file charges alleging employer discrimination and refusal to
bargain. (MN)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Change-Strategies; Civil-Rights; Civil
Rights-Legislation; Employee-Attitudes; Employer-Attitudes;
Employment-Practices; Labor-Legislation; Leadership-;
National-Surveys; Needs-Assessment; Policy-Formation;
Promotion-Occupational; Public-Policy; Racial
Discrimination; Sex-Discrimination
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Employment-Level;
*Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; *Females-; *Minority-Groups;
*Unions-
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