Johnson v. Palma

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• showing that the adverse action directly followed the filing of the administrative charge is sufficient to establish the requisite causal connection
• observing that EEOC “charges generally are filed by parties not versed in the vagaries of Title VII and its jurisdictional and pleading requirements”
• upholding dismissal of Title VII complaint against unnamed union defendant where named defendant was a local affiliate of unnamed union but was not an agent
• adopting a “flexible approach” to Title VII’s procedural requirements in light of the “vagaries” of that statute
• finding adverse action in a union’s refusal to proceed with a member’s grievance because the member had filed a complaint against that union with the New York State Division of Human Rights
• union’s failure to proceed with the grievance process on behalf of plaintiff because of plaintiffs administrative complaint constituted adverse employment action

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