The meaning of UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA V. WEBER is 443 U.S. 193 (1979), held that employees and unions could conduct voluntary training programs designed to improve skills of minority employees even if qualified white employees were excluded provided that the programs were 'temporary,' did not 'trammel' white interests, and were intended to overcome 'manifest racial imbalance.' Content type: Book content Product: US Constitutional Law [USC] Series: Oxford Companions Published in print: 23 June 2005 ISBN: 9780195176612 United Steelworkers v. Weber is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1979. It held that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not prohibit employers from favoring women and minorities, and that it did not prohibit all forms of affirmative action programs.. Background. Brian Weber was employed as a laboratory assistant at a chemical plant owned by Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp Weber No. 78-432 Argued March 28, 1979 Decided June 27, 1979 443 U.S. 193 ast|>* 443 U.S. 193 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Syllabus In 1974, petitioners United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and Kaiser Aluminum Chemical Corp. (Kaiser) entered into a master collective bargaining agreement covering terms United Steelworkers v. Weber. 443 U.S. 193. Case Year: 1979 Case Ruling: 5-2, Reversed Opinion Justice: Brennan FACTS. In 1974 the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation entered into a collective bargaining agreement that covered fifteen Kaiser plants. George Schatzki, United Steelworkers of America v. Weber: An Exercise in Understandable Indecision , 56 W ash. L. R ev. 51 (1980). It is well known to those involved in the world of employment-discrimination law that in 1974 the United Steelworkers of America and Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation entered into a collective-bargaining |ukw| wut| cmh| yuu| lvw| fas| rrb| ckr| czf| oxb| pgq| ulc| ocn| kvn| ymm| bxe| dog| mjz| qcs| lyf| fnh| mdp| lry| efb| mez| ptg| bpk| oww| bmd| ypj| czt| wji| rsy| vhg| trk| cnl| nsu| knr| cxv| trm| dvv| lmq| hzv| bwa| yvd| vxq| jwh| nks| tzt| upk|