Maintain family tradition

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A local union had a long standing practice of accepting only new members who were sponsored by existing members of the union. All of the existing members were white. During a six-year period, the local admitted thirty new members, all of whom were relatives of present members and also white. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which estimated that blacks and Hispanics constituted approximately 20 percent of the relevant labor pool filed suit in a federal district court against the union, alleging that this practice constituted discrimination under Title VII. The Union strongly denied any intent to discriminate and stated that most of the 30 new members joined simply because their fathers had been members and because they wanted to follow in their father’s footsteps and “maintain a family tradition”. Should the union be required to change its practice? Why or why not? The answer should address whether the union’s practice is discriminatory and whether it matters that the union had no intention to discriminate.

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