Facts
Brian Weber was 32 years old, and worked as a laboratory assistant at a chemical plant. His company, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp, had a policy of allowing whites and blacks into a training program on a one to one basis, even though there were many more whites than blacks. This came from a collective agreement with United Steelworkers of America. Even though Weber had more seniority than the other black workers that were accepted into the program, he did not get in. More training would have led to a pay raise. Weber claimed this violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VII. The company and the union argued it was pursuing affirmative action to remedy historical disadvantages among blacks.
Read more about this topic: United Steelworkers V. Weber
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