Raymond Woods, Jr. v. Graphic Communications Union Local 747/printing Specialties Local Union 380

How courts have described this case

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• holding that work environment was racially hostile where “Woods was surrounded by racial hostility, and subjected directly to some of it”
• holding workplace atmosphere was “unquestionably polluted” where a Black plaintiff “was surrounded by racial hostility, and subjected directly to some of it”
• determining that a union breached its duty of fair representation by de- clining to file a racial grievance when an employee asked “at least three times”
• concluding the harassment was sufficiently severe or pervasive, even though the plaintiff “heard about most of the incidents through other employees,” rather than being directly targeted
• determining that a union breached its duty of fair representation by de- clining to file a racial grievance when an employee asked “at least three times”
• determining that a union breached its duty of fair representation by de- clining to file a racial grievance when an employee asked “at least three times”

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