Former Employees of United Container Machinery, Inc. v. United States

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• stating that under Title VII it is not necessary that the employment practice actually be unlawful
• noting that the Equal Protection Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has held that 3 inmates working directly for a prison pursuant to state law requiring prisoners to work at hard labor 4 are not “employee” within 701(f) of Title VII
• finding black prison guard’s belief that inmates were entitled to Title VII protection reasonable
• allowing retaliation claim based on informal protest of allegedly discriminatory policy
• finding black prison guard's belief that inmates were entitled to Title VII protection reasonable
• allowing 14 retaliation claim based on informal protest of allegedly discriminatory policy

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