Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit May 14, 1981, Nos. 80-7107, 80-7256 (Terrell v. United States Pipe & Foundry Co.)

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal stems from a class action employment discrimination suit brought in 1972 under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(c), and section 1981 of the 1866 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, by black employees at the Bessemer, Alabama plant of U.S. Pipe and Foundry Company against their employer and their union representatives.